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ID number:654937
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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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As Arther Ferrill explains in The Origins of War, the offense-defense inventive cycle is a cycle of warfare ingredients in which mobility, security, and firepower are intertwined in such a way that a change in one requires changes in others (44). I mention this only because I understand the development of siege weapons to counteract the efficiency of castle defense as a perfect example of this cycle. This is very apparent in the evolution of offensive weapons that transpired from a simple siege tower to ballista to the advent of gunpowder artillery--all to achieve the same final result: the fall of a besieged castle.
The forerunner of siege weapons was the belfry, and for the most part it was a tower constructed on wheel that could be rolled forward to cover mining operations and Ramming efforts. …

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