The Roman military camp was an essential element of the legions and testifies to their logistical skills and discipline.
For this purpose, the camp served not only as a starting point for military operations, but also as a replenishment camp and retreat for recreation. Later solid, massive castles were built, around which whole economic sectors and...
The Spiked mace was a variation of the quarrel piston and there were 2 variations also with this weapon.
The first one Was built up like the quarrel piston while it a wooden or metallic stealing a ball or an ovally shaped head had at his end mostly sat which were taken with 1 to...
The maces, or also known as flails, have emerged from the evolution of the earliest club and form the principle of impact on the body by force.
Unlike clubs, however, maces mostly consisted of a wooden handle, later of metal, and a massive head. This consisted of a metallic bullet or sharp bats, which could significantly...
The club counts to the oldest objects used by people which served as a weapon.
The origin lies possibly already with our forefathers who have recognised by chance the blow effect from long objects, at the time probably bone or branches, and have started against congeners. With a club blow the force of a blow...
In addition to castles and palaces, knights are among the best-known features of the Middle Ages in Europe.
The meaning knight refers basically to the mounted, heavily armored riders, who were used in the Middle Ages as elite units.
These knights were usually already respected persons of the noble family, alone to be able to afford the...
During the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century, the Christian force conquered parts of the Middle East. After the victory, the pilgrims divided the territories and smaller states emerged, such as the county of Edessa in Armenia, the Principality of Antioch in Syren or the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Shortly thereafter, the city of...
The appearance of the new Russian main battle tank T-14 Armata has shown that German tanks are no longer up-to-date.
Thus, the Ministry of Defense demanded the redevelopment of a Leopard successor. However, according to current estimates, this new tank should not be ready before 2030.
But in addition to the constant improvement of the Leopard, currently...
With the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 and the founding of many small states such as the Principality of Antioch, the County of Edessa or the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Christian crusaders were at the height of their power in the Middle East in the late 11th and early 12th centuries.
However, it soon became clear...
In the 11th century, the Seljuk Empire spread over much of the Middle East as far as Pakistan. In 1071, the Seljuk leader Arp Arslan destroyed the Byzantine army and conquered the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. In 1073, the conquest of the city of Jerusalem followed. This was at the time in Islamic...
In the 7th and 8th century, an Islamic empire was established on the territory of what is now the Middle East, North Africa, the Spanish Peninsula and Afghanistan.
But by the end of the 9th century, this empire began to crumble. In particular, the ongoing conflict between Sunnis and Shiites shook the empire, and the emergence...
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