Cannon

eventually migrated to Europe during trading expeditions (9). This led to new ideas and on how the substance could be used. In the mid – 1200’s Europeans experimented with new ways to use the explosive powder, and by the 1340’s the cannon had become a potent weapon (9). Cannons had become standard wartime weapons in the middle ages, but their size and weight limited their usefulness (10). There

Civil War is defined as a war between citizens of the same country. When the two parties are from the same country there are bound to be major advantages and disadvantages to both sides. The South had a very recognizable advantage fighting on the defensive territory and being familiar with the land while the North was essentially coming in blind. While this would have been an advantage for the South, the North had an advantage themselves, they outnumbered the South. With both sides having huge advantages

Weapons are broadly described as objects designed for bodily harm and physical damage. There is more to a weapon than guns and knives. Enter the world of the first firearm, why it was so important in the past, how it made children come of age, and how it impacted the world forever. The first firearm was not a gun, or a rocket launcher. It was a spear. A spear that was able to frag, called the Fire Lance. “The pear-flower spear or Li hua Ch'iang was an early form of fire lance, that is a spear-like

Thirty people travel to Cartagena, Colombia to compete in brutal challenges each week and see who can win the ultimate challenge at the end. The host TJ Lavin tells the competitors that they are playing for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, but what the players don’t know is that the host TJ is also playing a dirty game and the real prize money will be one million dollars. He is not going to tell the competitors until later in the game, because he wants to see who will do whatever it takes

In the essays, “Typical first year professor” by Roxane Gay, and “Shooting dad” by Sarah Vowell, the authors indirectly discuss the ideas of feeling alone and different around people. In “Typical First Year professor”, Roxane Gay explains how she’s starting a new job in a new town and the only african american in her field. She explains how the feeling of being the only African American in a small white town makes her miss home and the people she left behind. In “Shooting Dad”, Sarah Vowell explains

Fort McAllister was a small earthen citadel positioned alongside Genesis Point and armed with numerous heavy cannon to defend the Great Ogeechee River method south of Savannah, Georgia. It turned into expanded again and again with the aid of adding more guns, traverses and bomb proofs. Obstructions and sooner or later torpedoes (mines)finished the riverine defenses. In July 1862 the blockade runner Nashville ran up the river to escape blockaders, and could remain trapped. Learning that the Nashville

Sheriff Bill was pushing almost 50 years old as he walked around and made sure everyone was doing their jobs for the night. Patrolling both the wall and the town itself. This was one of the first towns the zombie usually hit from the old crash site 20 years ago, lately however, there had been more attacks. The numbers were the same, a small group of ten or twenty zombies but the number and times they attacked had been increasing dramatically. Hence they put tangle wire and bells and other things

by a Portuguese ship. Then the Portuguese got interested in this explosive powder. The Portuguese invented the cannon, made rifles, and made better innovations to their rifles than the Chinese or the Europeans. Then hundreds of years later the Europeans made trades with China for their more advanced and effective gunpowder. In the 14th century gunpowder also spread

interesting museum to visit. On the outside the museum stands out from the surrounding building as it has an older brick style building which almost looks like a church in some aspects.. On the right side of the stairs that lead up inside is a large cannon on display. Upon entering the museum it is made apparent that the building is in good condition, but is also very old. Every step that I took while in the museum sounded as if the floor was about to cave in underneath my feet. I was greeted upon

To start with, the exchange of ideas impacted military advancements. For example, Roger Bacon, an English scholar’s, Letter Concerning the Marvelous Power of Art and of Nature and Concerning the Nullity of Magic (document three) is a recipe for gunpowder. During this time period, the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, magic was believed to be real. However, the influence and philosophy of Socrates returned with great force during this time as well. It is not surprising that Roger Bacon writes a