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The Handboogdoelen civic guard was armed with longbows, while the Voetboogdoelen civic guard wielded crossbows and the Kloveniersdoelen civic guard used an early type of musket, the arquebus. The Kloveniersdoelen was the oldest of the three. [1] Amsterdam's militia guilds were formed in the Middle Ages to defend the city against attack.
Japanese ashigaru firing hinawajū.Night-shooting practice, using ropes to maintain proper firing elevation. Tanegashima (), most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū (火縄銃, "matchlock gun"), was a type of matchlock-configured [1] arquebus [2] firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543. [3]
The Secretariat of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Spanish: Secretaría de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social) is a secreariat and former ministry of the Argentine Government tasked with overseeing the country's public policies on labour conditions, employment and social security. It was established in December 1943.
1 October 1901 12 March 1903 December 1903 Deleted 1 October 1920; still for sale at Toulon in January 1922. Arquebuse: 1 August 1900 1900 15 November 1902 May 1903 Sold for scrap 1 March 1921 at Bizerte. Arbalète: 1 August 1900 23 November 1900 28 April 1903 August 1903 Sold for scrap 10 May 1921 at Toulon. Mousquet: 14 November 1900 November ...
The Mexican Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (Spanish: Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social, STPS) is a Federal Government Department in charge of all social health services in the Mexican Republic. The Secretary is a member of the federal executive cabinet.
The style arose in Peru in the second half of 17th century [1] and was especially prevalent in the Cusco School. In his work Ángeles apócrifos de la América Virreinal (1992), Ramón Mujica Pinilla noted the link between ángeles arcabuceros and certain winged warriors from the pre-Hispanic pantheon. The good reception that these works found ...
The Jixiao Xinshu (simplified Chinese: 纪效新书; traditional Chinese: 紀效新書; pinyin: Jìxiào xīnshū) or New Treatise on Military Efficiency [1] is a military manual written during the 1560s and 1580s by the Ming dynasty general Qi Jiguang. Its primary significance is in advocating for a combined arms approach to warfare using five ...
Angélica, mi vida lit. transl. Angélica, My Life, is an American telenovela created and produced by Telemundo and Ángel del Cerro in 1988, in cooperation with Capitalvision International Corporation. [1]