A double edged long bladed weapon with a sharp point capable of piercing armor.
What is a longsword?
100
A device made for smashing in castle doors at close range.
What is a battering ram?
100
A famous battle between Greece and Persia during which the far smaller Greek army was able to hold off the much larger Persian army for several days.
What was the battle of Thermopylae?
100
A large and heavy suit of armored plates fashioned together with leather buckles in a way to distribute their weight evenly across the body.
What is full-plate?
100
A large fortified stone tower built with in a castle that oversees it's defence.
What is a keep?
200
A device that uses tension and elasticity to propel an arrow like bolt with great force.
What is a crossbow?
200
A large device capable of hurling large rocks across great distances.
What is a catapult?
200
The famous battle that ended the life of King Harold II with an arrow to the eye.
What is the battle of Hastings?
200
An ancient form of shin armor most commonly seen on Greek hoplites but also later used in other parts of Europe.
What are greaves?
200
A large channel usually filled with water, used to make scaling wall more difficult.
What is a moat?
300
A heavy mace weapon featuring a wooden shaft with spiked metal ball on one end.
What is a morning star?
300
A large siege weapon that uses two levers with torsion springs to propel heavy bolts or spherical stones across long distances.
What is a ballista?
300
A famous battle after which a sporting event was named.
What is the battle of Marathon?
300
A type of armor made from interlaced plates of metal or leather.
What is lamellar armor?
300
A wooden barricade with protruding spikes used to halt or slow cavalry charges.
What is a cheval de frise?
400
A long pole arm featuring an axe-blade on one side, a hook on the other and ending in a spearhead.
What is a halberd?
400
A portable fortification that housed troops as it was pushed up to a castle wall from which they could then move onto the walls.
What is a siege tower?
400
The only major battle fought along the great wall of China during which the Mongolians lured the defenders out of their fortifications and into an ambush allowing them to charge through the open gates.
What is the battle of Juyong Pass?
400
A padded suit worn either under plate or mail, or on it's own.
What is a gambeson?
400
A small concealed pit trap containing spikes and possibly water
What is a trou de loup or wolf hole?
500
A spear like weapon typically of six feet in length featuring a cross guard with a crescent shape.
What is a ranseur?
500
An ancient military engine for used to launch stones and arrows by means of a spring.
What is a springal?
500
A battle between the English and French armies and their allies that saw widespread use of the English longbow to devastating effect on their enemy during the hundred years war.