Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Download Greek Fire PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Greek Fire book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
A History Of Greek Fire And Gunpowder
DOWNLOAD
Author : James Riddick Partington
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1999
A History Of Greek Fire And Gunpowder written by James Riddick Partington and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
For nearly 600 years, from battles of the early 14th century to the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, firearms derived from gunpowder and other chemicals defined the frightful extent of war. In this classic work, first published in 1960, distinguished historian James Riddick Partington provides a worldwide survey of the evolution of incendiary devices, Greek fire, and gunpowder. 21 illustrations.
Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Author : Oliver Taplin
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Release Date : 1989
Greek Fire written by Oliver Taplin and has been published by Jonathan Cape this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
The book explores what has been made out of ancient Greece, and how the modern world has been inspired by, reacted against, imitated, transformed, parodied, recycled, subverted or received Greek culture. It is a brilliant attempt by one of our leading classical scholars to show why a new and fluid view of the Greek ideal - quite different from that of Renaissance painters or Victorian builders - is surfacing in our lives today and what the phenomenon might signify to us as we approach the twenty-first century. Visually spectacular and constantly surprising, this book is linked with a series of television documentaries made by Transatlantic Films with Channel 4.
Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Author : W. H. Spears
language : en
Publisher: W H Spears Jr
Release Date : 1969
Greek Fire written by W. H. Spears and has been published by W H Spears Jr this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Author : Konstantinos Karatolios
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-31
Greek Fire written by Konstantinos Karatolios and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-31 with categories.
The wonder of the thousand-year Byzantine Empire could not have been achieved without its armed forces, allowing it to maintain its power in the face of constant challenges from external enemies that differed significantly in their nature. In this context, what had been inherited from the Romans was just as important as the adoption of new weapons and tactics in battle."Greek fire", if not the most important of these weapons, was certainly the one that achieved the greatest fame. It was used throughout the course of the Byzantine Empire and granted resounding victories to its navy. This terrifying weapon was legendary, yet almost all we know about it and its use is clouded by the vagueness of contemporary accounts.In this work Konstantinos Karatolios attempts to answer a number of questions concerning Greek Fire : What was the formula? How effective was it? Who was its true inventor? How was it used in battles on land and at sea? This book aims not only to provide an overview of the current state of research that can be easily read by non-specialists, but also to make is own contribution to the study of the subject, respecting academic research methods.Read more: http://www.quest-publications.com/books/greek-fire/
Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Author : Helen Long
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Greek Fire written by Helen Long and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Chios Island (Greece) categories.
Greek Fire Poison Arrows And Scorpion Bombs
DOWNLOAD
Author : Adrienne Mayor
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-26
Greek Fire Poison Arrows And Scorpion Bombs written by Adrienne Mayor and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-26 with History categories.
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. In this riveting history of the origins of unconventional war, Adrienne Mayor shows that cultures around the world have used biological and chemical weapons for thousands of years—and debated the morality of doing so. Drawing extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism, this richly illustrated history catapults readers into the dark and fascinating realm of ancient war and mythic treachery.
Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Author : Winston Graham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Greek Fire written by Winston Graham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Summary Of Adrienne Mayor S Greek Fire Poison Arrows And Scorpion Bombs
DOWNLOAD
Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-08-08T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Adrienne Mayor S Greek Fire Poison Arrows And Scorpion Bombs written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-08T22:59:00Z with History categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first biological weapon was invented by the Greek hero Hercules, and the roots of the concept go back even before the Greek myths were written down by Homer in the eighth century BC. Poison and arrows were deeply intertwined in the ancient Greek language itself. #2 Hercules was tasked with killing the Hydra, a monster that had many heads. He used fire to cauterize each neck as he chopped off a head, to prevent it from sprouting new ones. But the middle head was immortal. He hacked it off and buried it alive. #3 The first victims of Hercules’ arrows were some of his oldest friends. When he attended a party hosted by his Centaur friend, the half-man, half-horse, Pholus, many Centaurs were felled by Hercules’ poisoned arrows. #4 The myth of Hercules and the Hydra shows the dangers of self-inflicted wounds or accidents with poison projectiles. Even a scratch could be devastating, and the Hydra poison multiplied in power as it spread through Hercules’ body.
Greek Fire Volume 5 War Ideas
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Greek Fire Volume 5 War Ideas written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Philosophers, Ancient categories.
Explores the pervasive influence of ancient Greece on our lives today.
Greek Fire
DOWNLOAD
Author : André Michalopoulos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Greek Fire written by André Michalopoulos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.