Gunpowder / (Record no. 40471)
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| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 662.26 P816G 2006 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Ponting, Clive |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gunpowder / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Chatto and windus, |
| Year of publication | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 240 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book tells the story of the huge impact of gunpowder on every state and empire in the world. For 400 years the Chinese kept it to themselves, until a Mongol soldier leaked the secret to the Islamic world, where gunpowder played a crucial role in the rise of the great empires of the Ottomans and the Mughals: the spectacular capture of Constantinople in 1453 was accomplished through new siege tactics, while India was conquered with muskets and artillery mounted on 700 carts held together with ox harnesses." "Even more important was the impact of gunpowder on Europe where, driven by the demands of almost constant warfare, new weapons created new states. Equally, gunpowder helped Europeans destroy the Aztec and Inca empires and them go on to dominate the rest of the world." "Its extraordinary history ended during the nineteenth century when even more destructive high explosives took over. Gunpowder is packed with unexpected and interesting facts, and reveals its exciting, devastating and important story with global sweep and storytelling power."- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Gunpowder |
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| Topical Term | History |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Masood Faisal Jhandir Library | Masood Faisal Jhandir Library | 2021-04-28 | 662.26 P816G 2006 | 020488. | Books |