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Arquebus

An arquebus (/ˈɑːrk(w)əbəs/ AR-k(w)ə-bəs) is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century. An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier.

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Arquebus

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Europe · 36
Arquebus → Although, Arquebuses, Battle, Bicocca, Black Army, Buch, Buchsse, Castilians, Cerignola, Charles Oman, Europe, Frederick Lewis Taylor, However, Hungary, Idan Sherer, Italian Wars, King Mathias, King Matthias Corvinus, Likewise, Oman
related to Asia · 28
Arquebus → Battle, By, China, Chinese, Elisonas, Even, Goa, However, In Lamers' Japonius, India, Japan, Japanese, Korea, Korean, Kyūshū, Lamers, Nagashino, Nobunaga, Oda Nobunaga, Ota Gyuichi
related to Mamluks · 21
Arquebus → Another, Cervantes, Christians, Europe, Eventually, God, However, Insults, Mamluk, Mamluks, Miguel, Muslim, Muslims, Ottoman, Ottomans, Qaitbay, Similarly, The, The Mamluks, When
related to Comparison to bows · 19
Arquebus → An, Barnabe Rich, During, England, English, Humfrey Barwick, Hundred Years' War, In, Japanese, Japanese Invasions, John Smythe, Korea, Korean, Perhaps, Sixteenth-century, Smythe, Spanish, The, Thus
related to Ottomans · 17
Arquebus → According, Arquebusiers, Based, Bashkent, Bosporus, During, Godfrey Goodwin, Hungarian, Hussites, Janissaries, Kosovo, Ottoman, Ottomans, Sultan Murad II's, The Ottomans, Vidin, Wagon Fortresses
related to Origins · 16
Arquebus → Europe, European, Gábor, However, Hyeok Hweon Kang, In Europe, It, Janissary, Joseph Needham, Korean, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Some, The, This, Turkey
related to European arquebus formations · 14
Arquebus → After, Although, Battle, By, Dutch, Europe, In, In Europe, Maurice, Nassau, Nieuwpoort, Spanish, The, The Dutch
related to Cultural references · 9
Arquebus → Arquebuse, France, Hermitage Monastery, It, Its, L'Hermitage, Marist Brothers, Piedmont, Saint-Genis-Laval
related to Use with other weapons · 9
Arquebus → China, English, Hussites, Pikemen, Qi Jiguang, The, The Ottomans, This, Venetians
related to Terminology · 7
Arquebus → During, Dutch, It, Italy, Milan Bernabò Visconti, The, These

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fire firearms isbn also arquebuses century gunpowder arquebusiers could history early europe battle use matchlock press one weapons musket first

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Joseph Needhaminstance ofSome scholars0.80text
Ágoston have proposed that matchlocks may have been first invented in Turkey by 1465instance ofSome scholars0.80text
but according to Korean historian Hyeok Hweon Kanginstance ofSome scholars0.80text
the evidence for a European origin of the matchlock isinstance ofSome scholars0.80text
Humfrey Barwickinstance ofother military writers0.80text
Barnabe Rich argued the oppositeinstance ofother military writers0.80text
Arquebusrelated to AsiaThe0.60section
Arquebusrelated to AsiaIndia0.60section
Arquebusrelated to AsiaSoutheast Asia0.60section
Arquebusrelated to AsiaChina0.60section
Arquebusrelated to AsiaThey0.60section
Arquebusrelated to AsiaJapan0.60section

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