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In the early modern era, Middle Eastern shipbuilding stagnated for the most part. However, dhows did receive a variety of adjustments in order to suit the goals of global trade of this time period. The baghlah allowed for greater range as it was a dhow scaled up to include a greater number of sails and larger cargo hold.
An early 18th century Maratha helmet and armor from the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Armor in the Indian subcontinent was used since antiquity. Its earlier reference is found in the Vedic period. [1] Armor has been described in religious texts; including the Itihasa epics Ramayana and Mahabharat, as well as in the Puranas.
Harvey armor was a type of steel armor developed in the early 1890s in which the front surfaces of the plates were case hardened. The method for doing this was known as the Harvey process, and was invented by the American engineer Hayward Augustus Harvey. The Harvey United Steel Company was a steel cartel whose chairman was Albert Vickers.
Pages in category "Early Modern armour" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Gothic plate armour;
An insight into shipbuilding in the North Sea/Baltic areas of the early medieval period was found at Sutton Hoo, England, where a ship was buried with a chieftain. The ship was 26 metres (85 ft) long and 4.3 metres (14 ft) [56] wide.
Stone Lion of Saint Mark above the main gate at the Arsenal Entrance to the Arsenal ca. 1860–70. Photo by Venetian photographer Carlo Ponti. Venetian Arsenal towers. The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy.
The Age of Discovery (c. 1418 – c. 1620), [1] also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the late 15th century to the 17th century, during which seafarers from a number of European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions ...
The Abydos boats were found in boat graves with their prows pointed towards the Nile. [9] Experts consider them to have been the royal boats intended for the pharaoh in the afterlife. [10] Umm el-Qa'ab is a royal necropolis that is about one mile from the Abydos boat graves where early pharaohs were entombed.