Ancient Technoloy: Ancient Warfare: From Clubs to Catapults
A you-are-there look at the inventions that shaped yesterday's battlefields, laying a foundation for today's drones, ICBMs, and stealth bomber fleet. Woods describes military innovations from primitive clubs to advanced Roman siege engines. He describes and explains the mechanics behind Chinese crossbows, ancient Maya obsidian weapons, Greek warships and much more. It provides a fascinating look at how ancient civilizations used science and technology to wage war.