Catapults were one of the best mechanism used in warfare in ancient times. It's sole purpose was to hurl big chunks of rock across the battlefield while being a far enough distance to be safe away from the enemy. It was first created by the ancient Greeks that needed to figure out an idea how to bring down an enemy stone walls without sending men into the battlefield.
The catapult was influenced by the mechanism of a crossbow which had a torsion that could sent a piece of wood flying, so then it inspired the Greek to create something more powerful and could be shot from a distance, so then the catapult was invented. Surprisingly during the construction of the first catapult there was a lot of geometry and physics ideas implanted into it! After the catapult invention, the idea traveled throughout Europe and it was later adopted by other countries to use catapults.
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