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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Time Line
Introduction: The Days Before Gunpowder
1 Always Be Careful
2 The Science of Siege
3 Catapults Around the World
Spring Engine Catapult
Viking Catapult
4 Shooting Snakes in a Barrel—The Catapults of Alexander the Great
Alexander’s Artillery: The Macedonian Ballista
The Slings of the Ancients:
A Ballearic Hand Sling
A Thracian Staff Sling
5 A Black Flag Flies over Acre—Saladin, Richard, and the Third Crusade
God’s Stone Thrower: A Traction-Style Catapult
6 Cabulus, the Great Horse Trebuchet
Cabulus, the Great Horse Trebuchet
7 John Crabbe—Tinkerer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy
Making Rope
Wild Donkey: An Onager Catapult
8 The Hammer of the Scots
Ludgar, the War Wolf
9 The Sun Sets on Catapult Warfare
Basket-Pult
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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