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• The Trebuchet was believed to be a step up from the stave sling weapon, also known as the staff sling. People think the Trebuchet was a 100 ft larger version of the stave sling in contrast to it's 6 feet. The siege device has been used in many notable battles, from vast countries including France, England and China. When a breaching of a fortification was need, the Trebuchet was the only and preferred weapon of it's time. Some of the noteworthy battles that utilized the Trebuchet was during the crusades when Tyre in Lebanon was taken by crusaders under the command of Pope Urban the 2nd around 1095. The Trebuchet also played a key role during the battle of Xiangyang, which involved the invasion of the Yuan dynasty and the Song forces in the south by the nomadic Mongols, who originated from the north of China.

• Some believe that the Trebuchet weapon was a set up root for the term Zugzwang which is literally translated as "compulsion to move," which is also a known popular term in the chess world.

• There has been some argument on whether the Trebuchet weapon was a brand new, heterogeneous weapon created out of originality. A known scholar known as Paul Chevedden, negated this theory. He believed the Trebuchet was an imitation of more than likely the catapult. Paul Chevedden called the Trebuchet a 'Hybrid Trebuchet' due to it's derivation, in contrast to the people's belief that it was an original man made machine.

•It is agreed among historians that the Trebuchet was invented by the Chinese in the early 4th and 5th century, but other historians argue that it may have been invented by the Norse Vikings around the same time.

•The Trebuchet was built by the composing of a long throwing arm mounted on the top, that was pivoted by the it's end called the counterweight to propel and hurl massive objects such as boulders during a siege. This throwing arm was attached to a rope hooked around a loop on the arm that tied around a net to place the boulders in to sling at it's target. This arm was set on a timber ground plate used as it's base. The height of the Trebuchet and the ground plate itself were normally equal in length. This contraption was added on with another bottom to carry heavy items such as boulders to launch into targeted fortifications and opposing forces.

• (Other known terms for the Trebuchet are Mangonel, which was a derived German word used by an etymologist named Frederich Klume, used to describe the gun as a "machine that threw stones and rocks," and a petrarie, which meant "stone-thrower."

• Historians also Agree that the Trebuchet was used by many large countries such as China, Rome, France, and Europe during wars for the purpose of siege, capture, and conquering by overtaking defensive strongholds.