14th century weaponry,
A lot more complex than you would think. I was interested to see the simplicity of 14th century weaponry, considering the tales of one-on-one combat. However, I was highly mistaken when I took this stance, because there is a lot more weapons and tactical warfare than I could have ever imagined for such a time period. One of the weapons I found in my research was the Obsidian knife, which is a 14th century South/North American knife that is currently the sharpest knife known to man in history These knifes could chop of the head of a horse in one swipe, which showed the strength of these knifes. Not only did specific weaponry show complexity, so did other fighting tactics. For example, the naval mine, torpedoes, Fu Go, and cruise missiles were all prevalent in the 14th century. Clearly none of these were specified during the tale of Sir Gawain, but it shows the strategy and intelligence of the chivalry at the time.
Source:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18880_7-insanely-advanced-weapons-history-somehow-forgot-about.html
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The final Battle
You can not defeat me I am too much to handle
The flames can not do harm to my strength
You can not be the one who lights the candle
To the desire in me to destroy man kind
Bloodied the ground and also the hand
To the traitor that tries to take the life
Of a beast like me who owns the land
Where the humans lay to rest in peace
The peace of the puzzle begins to end
For I can not fathom the possibility longer
Longer the life, for the homeland I apprehend
Is a distant memory of those around me
Who am I to see the world I live in
As a world that meets more than the eyes
Eyes familiar to those of sin
Not the eyes that I present to those of evil
Evil is all it takes to make me possessed
Die alone but cry no more
The evil is gone as is the mess
Of disgrace, the ignorance lives on...
The flames can not do harm to my strength
You can not be the one who lights the candle
To the desire in me to destroy man kind
Bloodied the ground and also the hand
To the traitor that tries to take the life
Of a beast like me who owns the land
Where the humans lay to rest in peace
The peace of the puzzle begins to end
For I can not fathom the possibility longer
Longer the life, for the homeland I apprehend
Is a distant memory of those around me
Who am I to see the world I live in
As a world that meets more than the eyes
Eyes familiar to those of sin
Not the eyes that I present to those of evil
Evil is all it takes to make me possessed
Die alone but cry no more
The evil is gone as is the mess
Of disgrace, the ignorance lives on...
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