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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs
Adrienne Mayor
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. In this riveting history of the origins of unconventional war, Adrienne Mayor shows that cultures around the world have used biological and chemical weapons for thousands of years—and debated the morality of doing so. Drawing extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism, this richly illustrated history catapults readers into the dark and fascinating realm of ancient war and mythic treachery.
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Yellow fever, Plague of Cyprian, Snakebite, All-Consuming Fire, Epidemic, Sulfur dioxide, Trojan War, Weapon, Flamethrower, Second Punic War, Bubonic plague, Firecracker, Arsenic, Greek fire, Vinegar, Adolf Hitler, Hellebore, Gonorrhea, Smallpox, Ancient Greek, Projectile, Biological warfare, Warfare, Tear gas, Types of volcanic eruptions, Snake venom, Odysseus, Polyaenus, Tiberius, Greek mythology, Nazism, Weapon of mass destruction, Ancient warfare, Sulfuric acid, Chemical warfare, Typhus, Disease, Dysentery, Chemical burn, Scythians, The Art of War, Toxin, Liquefied petroleum gas, Thucydides, Siege engine, Fire arrow, Oil tanker, Toxicology, Naphtha, Bithynia, Pathogen, Ancient Greek literature, Arrow poison, The Rape of the Sabine Women, Disinfectant, Terracotta, War elephant, Rodent, Biological Weapons Convention, Scythia, Sophocles, Feces, Philoctetes, Incendiary device, Venomous snake, Insect, Thickening agent, Biological agent, Chemical weapon, The Persians