MEDIEVAL WARFARE: Volume 8.5

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Theme: The Umayyad Caliphate Against the Byzantine Empire (674-718)
* Against the Empire - The Arabs Bring War to Byzantium
* They Did the Same Thing for Seven Years - Was Constantinople Besieged in 674-78?
* Defenders of the Empire - The Byzantine Soldier in the Eighth Century
* Knowledge That Kills - Byzantine Military Manuals and Warfare
* A Furious Storm Fell Upon Them - The Arab siege of Constantinople, 717-718
* The First Chemical Weapon? - Playing with Greek Fire
* Readings: Byzantium During the Rise of Islam

Features:
* The Siege of Harlech Castle - Resistance in Wales During the Wars of the Roses
* An Innumerable Multitude of Livestock - An Archbishop and His Cavalry
* The King of Spain's Samurai - Fighting for the Philippines in the 16th Century
* Controversial Treatments - The surgeons Who Tried to Change Medieval Battlefield Surgery
* A Band of Merry Men - Douglas Fairbanks' 1922 Robin Hood