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' 1. (31)........
Greek fire was able to burn on 2. 
One of the few things that could stop Greek fire from burning was 3. (33).............
To make Greek fire, the inflammable liquid was put into 4. (34)..............., which were fired at the enemy.

Making Greek fire

The process of making Greek fire was a 5. (35)................

Likely ingredients of Greek fire:

  • resin from 6. (36)..................
  • trees (which made Greek fire sticky)

  • sulphur

  • 7. (37).........
A ninth-century Bulgarian army tried to 8. (38)... 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 9. (39).................
Lord of Joinville described the sudden 10. (40)................ that accompanied Greek fire.

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