Greek fire

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Greek fire

Greek fire = a chemical weapon developed in the 7th century by the Byzantines (who lived around modern-day Istanbul)
Fighting with Greek fire
Byzantine armies used Greek fire to burn their enemies' ﻿﻿
Greek fire was able to burn on ﻿﻿
One of the few things that could stop Greek fire from burning was ﻿﻿
To make Greek fire, the inflammable liquid was put into ﻿, which were fired at the enemy.
Making Greek fire
The process of making Greek fire was a ﻿﻿
Likely ingredients of Greek fire:
resin from ﻿﻿
trees (which made Greek fire sticky)
sulphur
﻿﻿﻿
A ninth-century Bulgarian army tried to ﻿ Greek fire, but were unsuccessful.
How Greek fire was described in contemporary reports
Byzantine Emperor Leo the Sixth said that using Greek fire caused a lot of ﻿﻿
Lord of Joinville described the sudden ﻿ that accompanied Greek fire.

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