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Mangonel

The mangonel, also called the traction trebuchet, was a type of trebuchet used in Ancient China starting from the Warring States period, and later across Eurasia by the 6th century AD. Unlike the later counterweight trebuchet, the mangonel was operated by people pulling ropes attached to one end of a lever, the other end of which had a sling to launch…

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related to Spread · 42
Mangonel → According, AD, An, Appiaria, Arabic, Arabs, Archbishop, At, Avar, Avaro-Slavs, Avars, Busas, Byzantine, Byzantines, China, Constantinople, David Graff, Evidence, Gaul, Germania
related to Decline · 28
Mangonel → Acre, Acre's, As, Byzantine, China, Crouching, Despite, Hongwu Emperor, If, In China, Mamluk Sultanate, Mamluks, Mangonels, Mongol, Of, Siege, Song, Song Dynasty, Speculum, The
related to history · 28
Mangonel → Abdallah, According, Adim, Amorium, At, Baghdad, Balis, Byzantine, During, Edessa, Haizhou, Ibn, In, Kamacha, Kaysum, Khurasani, Manzikert, Marand, Matthew, Michael
related to China · 25
Mangonel → According, AD, Barkul, BC, By, China, Classic, Ejin Banner, Grand Historian, Han, It, Jiang Xingben, Mangonels, Mohists, Mozi, Poetry, Taizong's, Tang Taizong's, The, The Records
related to Independent invention · 18
Mangonel → According, AD, Africa, Byzantine, Byzantium, East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Franks, Inge Ree Peterson, Italy, Leife Inge Ree Peterson, Peterson, Peterson's, Roman Empire, Spain, Theodosiopolis, There, Tracy Rihll
related to Etymology · 10
Mangonel → English, French, Greek, It, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Modern, Old French, The, The French
related to External links · 5
Mangonel → Ammianus MarcellinusMedieval Mechanical Artillery, An, Onager/Mangonel, Res Gestae, Xenophon GroupOnager Physics

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siege mangonels used trebuchet century counterweight avars onager china also byzantines artillery weapons according account weapon byzantine late machine likely

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the onager.The mangonel was called al-manjanīqinstance ofto distinguish it from previous torsion machines0.80text
arradainstance ofto distinguish it from previous torsion machines0.80text
shaytaniinstance ofto distinguish it from previous torsion machines0.80text
or sultani in Arabicinstance ofto distinguish it from previous torsion machines0.80text
the ballistainstance ofTorsion-based siege weapons0.80text
onager are not known to have been used in China.The first recorded use of mangonels was in ancient Chinainstance ofTorsion-based siege weapons0.80text
the Zuo zhuaninstance ofcommentators were interpreting other passages in texts0.80text
Classic of Poetry as references to the mangonelinstance ofcommentators were interpreting other passages in texts0.80text
the Byzantinesinstance ofSpreadThe mangonel was adopted by various peoples west of China0.80text
Persiansinstance ofSpreadThe mangonel was adopted by various peoples west of China0.80text
Arabsinstance ofSpreadThe mangonel was adopted by various peoples west of China0.80text
and Avars by the sixth to seventh centuries ADinstance ofSpreadThe mangonel was adopted by various peoples west of China0.80text

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