| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Russia with a few exceptions pretty much transitioned right from wooden castles to the big earthwork-type fortifications that arose with the dominance of cannon and firearms.AFAIK the Mongols did eventually catch on to siege warfare, but the Chinese (and maybe the Muslims?) bore the brunt of it.Wikipedia says the crossbow mostly replaced the bow in many European armies in the 12th (I know the It
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