Category: History

Uploaded by MILITARY HISTORY 2015. A look at the Military History of Pirates and Musketeer Weapons. A history of pirates weaponry. Learn about the weapons of 17th-century Caribbean pirates and various combat techniques with them, both offensive and defensive. Then we face off against the crew of a merchant vessel to find out if they have learned how to win with pirate weapons.

Part 2 starts at 21:28 and asks whether the classic cut-and-thrust of the Hollywood Musketeer movies had a basis in reality. The cup-hilt rapier, with its light and flexible blade, did not require a left-hand dagger for defense. This was the sword of the French Musketeers and of the Spanish Conquistadors–the most feared swordsmen in Europe. Shows how the art and sport of fencing began with this weapon, and compares the reality of the weapon with the myth of its use.

Much of what we know of ancient history is the history of militaries: their conquests, their movements, and their technological innovations. There are many reasons for this. Kingdoms and empires, the central units of control in the ancient world, could only be maintained through military force. Due to limited agricultural ability, there were relatively few areas that could support large communities, so fighting was common.

Weapons and armor, designed to be sturdy, tended to last longer than other artifacts, and thus a great deal of surviving artifacts recovered tend to fall in this category as they are more likely to survive. Weapons and armor were also mass-produced to a scale that makes them quite plentiful throughout history, and thus more likely to be found in archaeological digs.

Uploaded by MILITARY HISTORY 2015. A look at the Military History of the Crossbow and Bow and Arrow. Shows how to operate the crossbow, one of the first hand held missile weapons. This show explores the different types of medieval crossbows and teaches how to load and fire each. They then see how these ancient weapons match up with modern day firearms before learning how to operate modern day crossbows.

Part 2 starts 21:05 and is based on the Bow and Arrow. One of man’s earliest effective hunting weapons, we learn why the bow and arrow became so dominant in history. Learn how to make your own as we study the craft of the bowyer and fletcher. We learn about Egyptian bows and try to fire accurately from an Egyptian chariot, and experiment with North American Indian bows–composite bows of horn and wood. And reenactors, using rubber-tipped arrows, recreate what it was actually like to be subjected to a “cloud of arrows”

Much of what we know of ancient history is the history of militaries: their conquests, their movements, and their technological innovations. There are many reasons for this. Kingdoms and empires, the central units of control in the ancient world, could only be maintained through military force. Due to limited agricultural ability, there were relatively few areas that could support large communities, so fighting was common.

Weapons and armor, designed to be sturdy, tended to last longer than other artifacts, and thus a great deal of surviving artifacts recovered tend to fall in this category as they are more likely to survive. Weapons and armor were also mass-produced to a scale that makes them quite plentiful throughout history, and thus more likely to be found in archaeological digs.

Uploaded by MILITARY HISTORY 2015. The Military History of Ancient Turkey and Knights Templar. Recruited from Christian populations of the Balkans and trained in the Muslim faith and culture of the Turks, the Janissaries formed a warrior caste, distinguished by military skill and unequivocal loyalty to the Sultan.

Essentially Christian warrior-monks, the Knights’ mission was to rid the Holy Land of Muslims. Usually of noble birth, the knights adhered to a strict moral code of poverty, chastity and obedience.

Janissary starts at 00:10
The Janissaries were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops and bodyguards.

Knights Templar starts at 23:37
The Knights Templar were among the most wealthy and powerful of the Western Christian military orders and were among the most prominent actors of the Christian finance.

Much of what we know of ancient history is the history of militaries: their conquests, their movements, and their technological innovations. There are many reasons for this. Kingdoms and empires, the central units of control in the ancient world, could only be maintained through military force. Due to limited agricultural ability, there were relatively few areas that could support large communities, so fighting was common.

Weapons and armor, designed to be sturdy, tended to last longer than other artifacts, and thus a great deal of surviving artifacts recovered tend to fall in this category as they are more likely to survive. Weapons and armor were also mass-produced to a scale that makes them quite plentiful throughout history, and thus more likely to be found in archaeological digs. .

Uploaded by MILITARY HISTORY 2015. The Military History of Ancient Sparta and the Vikings. The Spartans were the most effective warriors of the Greek civilisations. In an attempt to permanently suppress their much larger class of slaves, the Spartans devoted themselves exclusively to military training.

The Vikings were remembered by their contemporaries as fierce, pagan raiders who threatened the Christian world.

Sparta starts at 00:10
Sparta, or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese.

Vikings starts at 23:30
The Vikings were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries.

Much of what we know of ancient history is the history of militaries: their conquests, their movements, and their technological innovations. There are many reasons for this. Kingdoms and empires, the central units of control in the ancient world, could only be maintained through military force. Due to limited agricultural ability, there were relatively few areas that could support large communities, so fighting was common.

Weapons and armor, designed to be sturdy, tended to last longer than other artifacts, and thus a great deal of surviving artifacts recovered tend to fall in this category as they are more likely to survive. Weapons and armor were also mass-produced to a scale that makes them quite plentiful throughout history, and thus more likely to be found in archaeological digs. .

Uploaded by MILITARY HISTORY 2015. The Military History of Sioux Indians and Ancient Hawaiians. Courageous, brave and proud – the Sioux were a people of war. Forced onto the grasslands by woodland tribes in the east, they had to fight to survive. Soon they ousted neighbouring tribes, seized their hunting grounds and became known as the mightiest warriors across the heartland.

Kamehameha, the leader of the Hawaiian Warriors of Paradise, trained his warriors for several years, determined to win complete control of the Hawaiian Islands.

Sioux starts at 00:10
The Sioux are a Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation’s many language dialects.

Ancient Hawaii starts at 24:07
Ancient Hawaii is the period of Hawaiian human history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawai?i by Kamehameha the Great in 1810. .

Much of what we know of ancient history is the history of militaries: their conquests, their movements, and their technological innovations. There are many reasons for this. Kingdoms and empires, the central units of control in the ancient world, could only be maintained through military force. Due to limited agricultural ability, there were relatively few areas that could support large communities, so fighting was common.

Weapons and armor, designed to be sturdy, tended to last longer than other artifacts, and thus a great deal of surviving artifacts recovered tend to fall in this category as they are more likely to survive. Weapons and armor were also mass-produced to a scale that makes them quite plentiful throughout history, and thus more likely to be found in archaeological digs. .