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Macintosh Picture Format  |  1996-12-17  |  50KB  |  432x324  |  8-bit (118 colors)

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OCR: Greek Fire in Battle About Greek Fire This incendiary weapon, used by the Byzantines to break the Arab blockade of Constantinople 673 was chemical mixture that burned furiously even in water. The exac ingre dients of the mixture are uncertain, but they proba bly incluc ded liquid petroleum thic. kened with sulfur and resin. Medieval warriors shot Greek fire a1 their enemies with tubes and arrows. They also may have catapulted pats and bottles filled with this combustible liquid Greek fir NAS replaced by gunpowder ir the 1200s tGreek furiousl exact included

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