Machinery Of War, Trebuchet, 12th
by Photo Researchers
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Machinery Of War, Trebuchet, 12th
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Photo Researchers
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Illustration from a treatise compiled fro Saladin after the fall of Jerusalem. A trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages. The counterweight trebuchet appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the twelfth century. It could fling projectiles of up to three hundred and fifty pounds at high speeds into enemy fortifications.
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March 13th, 2013
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