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Japanese Balloon Bombs
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Made of paper or rubberized silk, the Japanese Balloon Bombs, carried anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 Download PDF …
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21st Century UAV Perspective by an Industry Leader
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SpeedNews 8th Annual Aerospace & Defense Industry Suppliers Conference— Extending the Value of Unmanned Aerial Systems into Civil Air Space Bruce Gerding, of Northrop Grumman, addresses Aeros…
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Slideshow of Photographs of The Olympias
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Triremes Inquiry Unit A trireme reconstruction, known as 'OLYMPIAS', which was initiated in Greece in 1985 and completed in 1987, as shared by the Hellenic Navy. Visit Source Visit Source Download…
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Model of Seating Arrangement on a Trireme © River & Rowing Museum
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Model of Seating Arrangement on a Trireme © River & Rowing Museum Triremes Inquiry Unit Object Name model Description Model of the seating arrangement on a trireme. The mechanical model pro…
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“Life of Themistocles” Plutarch’s Lives. (Volume I of 4)
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Triremes Inquiry Unit Fascinating insight into the life of Themistokles, as told in Plutarch’s Lives, translated from Greek to English, by Aubrey Stewart. It touches on most things addressed in t…
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Decree of Troezen also known as the Decree of Themistocles
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Triremes Inquiry Unit – Featured Source 3B “The Decree of Themistocles, also known as the Decree of Troezen, which describes details of the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. The tablet itself is date…
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration
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“Pericles' Funeral Oration,” in Thucydides (c.460/455-c.399 BCE), Peloponnesian War (Book 2.34-46) Triremes Inquiry Unit “This famous speech was given by the Athenian leader Pericles after…
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Triremes (Part Two)
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This historic narrative about the Greek Trireme reveals how this warship, a technological achievement of its time, played an important role in democracy and empire. Triremes Inquiry Unit Click H…
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Triremes (Part One)
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Story of the Greek Triremes and the engineering applications that made it the greatest warship of its time. Triremes Inquiry Unit Click Here to Download Video…
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In the fall of 480 BCE, Xerxes, the King of Persia, attacked Greece on land and at sea. While the land battle that ended with a Spartan stand to the last man at Thermopylae, has been burned into the c…
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