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Eberron Player's Guide: David Noonan: June 16, 2009: Provides rules for player characters in the Eberron campaign setting, including three player races and a new class. 160: 978-0-7869-5100-0: Eberron Campaign Guide: James Wyatt: July 21, 2009: Describes the campaign setting of Eberron, which combines a fantasy tone with pulp elements and steam ...
The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. Many translations have been made, and it has garnered broad attention in East Asia and throughout the world.
A shop horo of Bulgaria Laz dancers in Armenia, circa 1911. Circle dance, or chain dance, is a style of social dance done in a circle, semicircle or a curved line to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing, and is a type of dance where anyone can join in without the need of partners.
The late medieval "golden age" of Kalaripayattu is preserved in the Vadakkan Pattukkal (17th–18th century [27]), a collection of ballads about warrior heroes and heroines from earlier periods in Kerala, such as Aromal Chekavar (16th century), Unniyarcha (16th century), [28] and Thacholi Othenan, who were celebrated for their martial prowess ...
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub [a] (c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, [b] was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria.
The firearm was developed by Captain Henry C. Boys, assistant superintendent of design—1885-1937, who was a member of the British Small Arms Committee and a designer at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. It was initially called "Stanchion" but was renamed after "Boys" when he died a few days before the rifle was approved for service in ...
The MP 40 submachine guns are open-bolt, blowback-operated automatic arms. The only mode of fire is automatic, but the relatively low rate of fire permits single shots with controlled trigger pulls. [9] The bolt features a telescoping return spring guide which serves as a pneumatic recoil buffer. [9]