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Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World. Episode 5, Crossbows East and West.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 6771364 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2013Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
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Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: W. Bernard CarlsonSummary: To study the way people have used technology to secure and maintain political power, journey east to China and examine the role of the crossbow in the Warring States Era. As the world's first machine with interchangeable parts, the crossbow is a marvel of engineering that shaped the political history of China for centuries.
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W. Bernard Carlson

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.

To study the way people have used technology to secure and maintain political power, journey east to China and examine the role of the crossbow in the Warring States Era. As the world's first machine with interchangeable parts, the crossbow is a marvel of engineering that shaped the political history of China for centuries.

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