Medieval Warfare

The greataxe/battleaxe was a specialist shock weapon, meaning it was for very offensive purposes, a trained wielder could use it to surprise enemies and very easily cleave through them, or at least shatter bones underneath their armour.

An angry charge on front ranks was never a clever idea with any foot soldier type, but with aggressive types like berserkers using battleaxes, flanking attacks could frighten or even panic less disciplined soldiers, or at least cause significant casualties.

Unlike swordsmen, axemen and spearmen, greataxe wielders were not frequently used as they each needed excessive strength to use such heavy weapons properly and not clumsily, not to forget that they were extremely vulnerable to projectile weapons of any kind.

The exact first person ever to construct a catapult is unknown, however, the first civilisation to use the catapult was Rome, who designed catapults as siege weapons to aid in the expansion of its empire. The catapult was later adopted by other nationalities whowarred against each other.

Lots of stuff. Rocks toward castle walls, flaming bags of hay to set fire to structures within the walls, and even plague-ridden corpses to sicken everyone inside (famous way the Mongols spread the Black Plague to Europe)

You would have to be a strong man to carry and operate a crossbow and it's bolts.

The blade was forged from steel - an iron alloy containing a small percentage (around 0.5%) of carbon, which allows the springiness and harness for blades.

the cross and pommel were made from steel or bronze, sometimes with gilding or similar decoration.

the hilt was normally made from hardwood - beech or ash woods were common, and then covered with a thin peice of leather. some hilts were made from more exotic materials - black horn, ivory, or were wrapped in spirals of silver or gold wire.

It takes advantage of the simple machine lever. That allows them to launch missiles long distances.

To protect soldiers during war and crusades

A siege tower is a temporary wooden tower on wheels used to help the besiegers get over the walls of the castle or town. It was pushed towards the walls until a ramp could be lowered, allowing direct access to the top of the wall, effectively negating the benefits the wall offered the defenders.

The Mongolians were originally a country of Nomadic people that were separated into different tribes( Much like the North American natives were). They were usually divided by bad blood and war was quite prominent in their daily lives. The Chinese were actually afraid of the Mongols so they made sure to keep them divided and at war so they were no threat to them. Eventually a man by the name Temujin Borjin ( Genghis Khan) united the tribes and conquered most of Asia and almost all the way to northern Italy.

Pages were very young boys perhaps age 7 that might practice fight with wooden swords. Pages were often a nobleman's son in training at another noble's castle so they would not get preferential treatment. They would be learning to ride horses, court manners, and music.

The average height of a Roman Mangonel catupult was around 20 to 25 feet tall.

They are numerous.

See the link below.

Among the more important were the Byzantine-Persian Wars, the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars, the Arab conquest of North Africa, the Arab conquest of Spain, the Christian Reconquest of Spain, the Crusades, The Hundred Years War, the Wars of Scottish Independence, Crusades by the Teutonic Knights, the Albigensian Crusade, and various wars to defend against invading Turks.

We do not have any way of knowing how many people died jousting. The expectation at the time was that jousting would be conducted in a way so as to produce no deaths, or as few as possible. Lance tips were specifically designed not to penetrate armor. Nevertheless there were deaths, including that of King Henry II of France in 1559.

At least one pope made a proclamation on the subject, intended to see that death and injury were minimized.

A buckler, i think is a name for a round shield.

shoot it at angry kids to calm them down.

Bows had been used for thousands of years by individuals and armies ( Egyptian tombs so the use of bows) so it was not a new form of warfare or means of hunting.

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The longbow had a tremendous impact on European history. It was a powerful weapon that helped England defeat numerically superior enemies.

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The medieval English longbow had a draw-weight of 100-120 pounds and a practical range of around 250 yards.

Because of the heavy draw-weight, the longbow fired arrows with great velocity. With its bodkin arrowhead, a longbow's arrow could penetrate chain mail and even some plate armor. Relatively few knights could afford the heavier plate armor that could withstand the longbow.

A master archer could fire 20 arrows per minute. While yeomen honed their accuracy on targets, the longbow's true impact came through massed fire raining down on massed enemy formations."

they were made by lots of strips of wood stuck together. and it had a metal semicircle in the middle of the shield to hit barbarians and knock them of guard and stab them. And the shields have marks on them to show the legion their in. Oh yeah the shield is called the scutum

Just use cardboard and paper towel rolls and glue. That's how I made mine. But if you want to make a cool one, use Legos. My friend did that and it turned out awesome!!!

mongols traveled all the time they built and made their own shelter for every were they went

Homemade crossbow

Yes, by the time the middle ages were merging into the Renaissance, cannon were in wide use in Europe

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King Richard I and the Crusaders