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Did the use of sandbags as flood protection pre-date or post-date their use in military fortifications?

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Looking for primary and secondary sources on the tactical usage of crossbows

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Where did Prince Louis Napoleon get the information that 'a first rate English archer who, in a single minute, was unable to draw and discharge his bow 12 times with a range of 240 yards and who in these 12 shots once missed his man, was very lightly esteemed'?

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What role has nationalism played in the divergent views on the Conquistadors and the Vikings?

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Polybius and Anacyclosis

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How accurate is Orbis' use of 56km as the average daily distance of a horse rider?

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Who were the fighting men of the 9th-10th century Scandinavian raiding fleets? Fairly wealthy landholders/relatives of wealthy landholders or poor freemen?

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To what extent is English "feudalism" Norman, and to what extent is it Anglo-Saxon?

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Shore Bombardment in the Age of Sail

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How good is Christopher Matthew's scholarship?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the use of sandbags as flood protection pre-date or post-date their use in military fortifications?	12
Looking for primary and secondary sources on the tactical usage of crossbows	12
Where did Prince Louis Napoleon get the information that 'a first rate English archer who, in a single minute, was unable to draw and discharge his bow 12 times with a range of 240 yards and who in these 12 shots once missed his man, was very lightly esteemed'?	12
What role has nationalism played in the divergent views on the Conquistadors and the Vikings?	11
Polybius and Anacyclosis	11
How accurate is Orbis' use of 56km as the average daily distance of a horse rider?	10
Who were the fighting men of the 9th-10th century Scandinavian raiding fleets? Fairly wealthy landholders/relatives of wealthy landholders or poor freemen?	9
To what extent is English "feudalism" Norman, and to what extent is it Anglo-Saxon?	8
Shore Bombardment in the Age of Sail	7
How good is Christopher Matthew's scholarship?	7