Flo's History

In our history, we put a great deal into finding new and better ways to kill each other for various reasons, let it be finding new lands to live on, gaining more resources, having different imaginary fr... religion or just because we  felt  l ike it (looking at you, Manifest Destiny).  This, of course, means that although getting close and personal is great, being able to kill your opponent at a distance is even better . This led to the development of multiple methods to throw deadly projectiles at people's faces, like the topic of  today: the crossbow .     Despite being seen as an icon of the European medieval era, the crossbow  actually sees  its origins  in China’s  late bronze age , around the year 650 BC .  We  don’t  have a specific date for when these weapons were first designed, but the excavations of complex trigger mechanisms made of bronze  found in archeological sites can still give us an approximate time...

History saw the rise of many, MANY, strong figures who turned the tide for nations, driven by their... well hubris, mostly. Unfortunately, many of these names have been lost, forgotten by history, because we focus so much of our attention on a select few. People like Amanirenas, Belisarius or even Baybar, deserve to stand beside Alexander, Nobunaga and Hannibal. This is why this posy will focus on the man who nearly brought down the Ottoman Empire, warlord turned emperor, Timur Tamerlane. Timur’s upbringing is worthy of an epic fantasy story. Born in Transoxania, a territory south-east of the Aral Sea and between the Jaxartes and Oxus River, fate really stacked things against our man. His people were a minor nomadic tribe in part of the Barlas Confederation, subject to the Chagatai Kanate. Living in poverty, a young Tomur lived on petty theft to sustain himself and his family until he was shot by a shepherd in the leg. This injury would permanently cripple him, leaving him with a limp...