Sling Siege Engine List
A viewset for viewing and editing Sling Siege Engines.
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Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World and India AD 476-1526. Osprey Publishing.§REF§ First known use of the counter-weight trebuchet 1165 CE at Byzantine siege of Zevgminon.§REF§(Turnball 2002) Turnball, S. 2002. Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300. Osprey Publishing.§REF§" }, { "id": 159, "polity": { "id": 502, "name": "ir_elam_8", "long_name": "Elam - Crisis Period", "start_year": -1100, "end_year": -900 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 160, "polity": { "id": 507, "name": "ir_elymais_2", "long_name": "Elymais II", "start_year": 25, "end_year": 215 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " First use of the counter-weight trebuchet 1165 CE was at the Byzantine siege of Zevgminon.§REF§(Turnball 2002) Turnball, S. 2002. Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300. Osprey Publishing.§REF§" }, { "id": 161, "polity": { "id": 486, "name": "ir_susiana_formative", "long_name": "Formative Period", "start_year": -7200, "end_year": -7000 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not invented yet" }, { "id": 162, "polity": { "id": 172, "name": "ir_il_khanate", "long_name": "Ilkhanate", "start_year": 1256, "end_year": 1339 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "present", "comment": null, "description": " Mangonels used in siege warfare. §REF§David Nicolle, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia, rev. and updated ed (London : Mechanicsburg, Pa: Greenhill Books ; Stackpole Books, 1999). p.296§REF§ Mongols recruited 1, 000 Chinese catapult operators in 1253. §REF§Findley, Carter V., The Turks in World History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005),p.83.§REF§" }, { "id": 163, "polity": { "id": 488, "name": "ir_susiana_a", "long_name": "Susiana A", "start_year": -6000, "end_year": -5700 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not invented yet" }, { "id": 164, "polity": { "id": 489, "name": "ir_susiana_b", "long_name": "Susiana B", "start_year": -5700, "end_year": -5100 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " Not invented yet" }, { "id": 165, "polity": { "id": 491, "name": "ir_susiana_ubaid_2", "long_name": "Susiana - 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Iran at War: 1500-1988. Osprey Publishing.§REF§" }, { "id": 178, "polity": { "id": 128, "name": "ir_sassanid_emp_1", "long_name": "Sasanid Empire I", "start_year": 205, "end_year": 487 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": "First known use during Byzantine Empire." }, { "id": 179, "polity": { "id": 130, "name": "ir_sassanid_emp_2", "long_name": "Sasanid Empire II", "start_year": 488, "end_year": 642 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 180, "polity": { "id": 108, "name": "ir_seleucid_emp", "long_name": "Seleucid Empire", "start_year": -312, "end_year": -63 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " First use of the counter-weight trebuchet is in 1165 CE at the Byzantine siege of Zevgminon.§REF§(Turnball 2002) Turnball, S. 2002. Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300. Osprey Publishing.§REF§" }, { "id": 181, "polity": { "id": 364, "name": "ir_seljuk_sultanate", "long_name": "Seljuk Sultanate", "start_year": 1037, "end_year": 1157 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " \"A fragment of a wall painting depicting the use of a traction trebuchet at the siege of Penjikent (700-725) in modern Tajikistan. This unique painting is contemporary with Tang China, displaying how the traction trebuchet was used along the Silk Road.\"§REF§(Turnball 2002) Turnball, S. 2002. Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300. Osprey Publishing.§REF§ First known use of the counter-weight trebuchet was in 1165 CE by the Byzantines at the siege of Zevgminon.§REF§(Turnball 2002) Turnball, S. 2002. Siege Weapons of the Far East (1): AD 612-1300. Osprey Publishing.§REF§" }, { "id": 182, "polity": { "id": 496, "name": "ir_elam_2", "long_name": "Elam - Shimashki Period", "start_year": -2028, "end_year": -1940 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 183, "polity": { "id": 497, "name": "ir_elam_3", "long_name": "Elam - Early Sukkalmah", "start_year": -1900, "end_year": -1701 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 184, "polity": { "id": 498, "name": "ir_elam_4", "long_name": "Elam - Late Sukkalmah", "start_year": -1700, "end_year": -1500 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 185, "polity": { "id": 492, "name": "ir_susa_1", "long_name": "Susa I", "start_year": -4300, "end_year": -3800 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 186, "polity": { "id": 493, "name": "ir_susa_2", "long_name": "Susa II", "start_year": -3800, "end_year": -3100 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 187, "polity": { "id": 494, "name": "ir_susa_3", "long_name": "Susa III", "start_year": -3100, "end_year": -2675 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 188, "polity": { "id": 115, "name": "is_icelandic_commonwealth", "long_name": "Icelandic Commonwealth", "start_year": 930, "end_year": 1262 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": "§REF§Axel Kristissen; Arni D Juliusson pers. comm. 2017§REF§" }, { "id": 189, "polity": { "id": 179, "name": "it_latium_ba", "long_name": "Latium - Bronze Age", "start_year": -1800, "end_year": -900 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 190, "polity": { "id": 178, "name": "it_latium_ca", "long_name": "Latium - Copper Age", "start_year": -3600, "end_year": -1800 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 191, "polity": { "id": 180, "name": "it_latium_ia", "long_name": "Latium - Iron Age", "start_year": -1000, "end_year": -580 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": " The counter-weight trebuchet was first used by the Byzantines in 1165 CE." }, { "id": 192, "polity": { "id": 186, "name": "it_ostrogoth_k", "long_name": "Ostrogothic Kingdom", "start_year": 489, "end_year": 554 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "present", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 193, "polity": { "id": 189, "name": "it_st_peter_rep_2", "long_name": "Rome - Republic of St Peter II", "start_year": 904, "end_year": 1198 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "present", "comment": null, "description": " There are no sources on the use of sling siege engines within the Patrimony, but they were in use by Western European armies by 1198." }, { "id": 194, "polity": { "id": 190, "name": "it_papal_state_1", "long_name": "Papal States - High Medieval Period", "start_year": 1198, "end_year": 1309 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "IFR", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "present", "comment": null, "description": " Simon de Montford's stone throwing trebuchets were present at this time - were they used by the Papal State?§REF§(Nicolle and McBridge 1991, 15)§REF§" }, { "id": 195, "polity": { "id": 192, "name": "it_papal_state_3", "long_name": "Papal States - Early Modern Period I", "start_year": 1527, "end_year": 1648 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 196, "polity": { "id": 193, "name": "it_papal_state_4", "long_name": "Papal States - Early Modern Period II", "start_year": 1648, "end_year": 1809 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 197, "polity": { "id": 191, "name": "it_papal_state_2", "long_name": "Papal States - Renaissance Period", "start_year": 1378, "end_year": 1527 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "present", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 198, "polity": { "id": 187, "name": "it_ravenna_exarchate", "long_name": "Exarchate of Ravenna", "start_year": 568, "end_year": 751 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 199, "polity": { "id": 182, "name": "it_roman_rep_1", "long_name": "Early Roman Republic", "start_year": -509, "end_year": -264 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "SSP", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "unknown", "comment": null, "description": null }, { "id": 200, "polity": { "id": 184, "name": "it_roman_rep_3", "long_name": "Late Roman Republic", "start_year": -133, "end_year": -31 }, "year_from": null, "year_to": null, "tag": "TRS", "is_disputed": false, "is_uncertain": false, "name": "Sling_siege_engine", "sling_siege_engine": "absent", "comment": null, "description": null } ] }