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Topics: Warfare & Defence, Military weapons -- History, Military weapons

360 pages : 26 cm The epic 4,000 year illustrated story of weaponry. Discover the innovative design, broad range, lethal function, and brutal history of arms from stone axes to heavy machine guns and grenades, crossbows and arrows to samurai swords Includes index Foreword -- Introduction -- Ancient World (3000 BCE-1000 CE) -- First weapons -- Mesopotamian weapons and armor -- Ancient Egyptian weapons and armor -- Ancient Greek weapons and armor -- Great warriors: Greek hoplite -- Ancient Rome...
Topics: Military weapons -- History, Armes de guerre -- Histoire, Military weapons

224 pages : 34 cm Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index Ch. 1: The Greeks and the Romans -- Ch. 2: From the Dark Ages to the Crusades -- Ch. 3: The High Middle Ages -- Ch. 4: From the Renaissance to the sun king -- Ch. 5: From "Brown Bess" to Maxim -- Ch. 6: Oriental and tribal arms and armour -- Ch. 7: Sporting arms and armour
Topics: Military weapons -- History, Armor -- History, Armor, Military weapons, Armour History

256 p. : 20 cm
Topics: Military weapons -- History, Military art and science -- History

224 pages : 24 cm Looks at fifty weapons that have helped shape the last 3,500 years, from the very first hand-ax to the AK-47 and beyond Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-220) and index
Topics: Weapons -- History, Military weapons -- History, Weapons

151 p. : 32 cm Describes in text and pictures weapons used through the ages, from the stones of prehistoric man to the bombs of modern times
Topics: Weapons -- History -- Juvenile literature, Military weapons -- History -- Juvenile literature,...

152 pages 31 cm Describes in text and pictures weapons used through the ages, from the stones of prehistoric man to the bombs of modern times Stone weapons -- Copper and bronze (5000 B.C.-1000 B.C.) -- The Greeks and bronze (1000 B.C.) -- The Greeks and iron (680 B.C.-150 B.C.) -- The Roman soldier (200 B.C.-A.D. 400) -- Roman sieges and siege engines (200 B.C.-A.D. 400) -- The Dark Ages -- The Norman conquest (1066) -- Castles -- War games (1200-1300) -- Knights and armor (1200-1300) --...
Topics: Weapons -- History -- Juvenile literature, Armor -- History -- Juvenile literature, Military...

72 p. : 29 cm A photo essay that examines the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the Wild West A photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the wild west. An Eyewitness book At head of title: Eyewitness "Discover the story of weapons and armor--from Stone Age axes to the battle gear of the samurai"--Cover Includes index...
Topics: Weapons -- Juvenile literature, Armor -- Juvenile literature, Weapons, Armor

384 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index The ancient world, 5000 BC-AD 500 -- The medieval world, 500-1500 -- The early modern world, 1500-1800 -- Imperial wars, 1800-1914 -- World War I, 1914-18 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- Modern warfare, 1945-present
Topics: Weapons -- History, Military weapons -- History, Military art and science -- History, Military art...