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To: judywillow

You're about a century off. The Brits used cannon at Crecy in 1346. The Turks did use cannon at Constantinople, but that was 1453.

13 posted on 09/22/2004 3:24:41 AM PDT by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)

To: Junior

Mongols had cannons around 1280 and prior to that had used gunpower bombs in catapaults as early as their invasion of Europe around 1240.

14 posted on 09/22/2004 5:34:45 AM PDT by judywillow

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