Posted on 03/09/2011 10:35:20 PM PST by OddLane
Interesting. I always thought they used Unicorns.
Sulfurous odor ping.
ping
We found Saddam’s chemical weapons?
What an amazing history the Persians have, and look at them now. Or the Egyptians
Sorry to nit pick but shouldn't that be pommeled or are we to think someone pummeled the swords with crystals.
A principal source on the origin of the Black Death is a memoir by the Italian Gabriele de Mussi. This memoir has been published several times in its original Latin (2,3) and has recently been translated into English (4) (although brief passages have been previously published in translation, see reference [5]).
This narrative contains some startling assertions: that the Mongol army hurled plague-infected cadavers into the besieged Crimean city of Caffa, thereby transmitting the disease to the inhabitants; and that fleeing survivors of the siege spread plague from Caffa to the Mediterranean Basin.
If this account is correct, Caffa should be recognized as the site of the most spectacular incident of biological warfare ever, with the Black Death as its disastrous consequence.
After analyzing these claims, I have concluded that it is plausible that the biological attack took place as described and was responsible for infecting the inhabitants of Caffa; however, the event was unimportant in the spread of the plague pandemic.
From CDC.gov
I'm not so sure why the author feels the event was 'unimportant'.
It sounds kind of early for chain mail.
(Good catch, looks like there are a few literate folks among these "knuckle-dragging conservatives", huh! /sarc)
Thank you. It bothered me too.
That must be a Persian sword, it sure isn’t a Roman short sword.
Wrong blade shape for Roman Short Sword.
Here's the correct shape
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Gladius, uh, glad he asked...
I'm not sure, but it's possible that 'pummel' is an expression derived from 'pommel', and that to be "pummeled" is to be stricken with the pommel.
Sword ping!!!
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