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species lost most of its
range in the
Middle East and
Eastern Asia. Today,
onagers live in
deserts and
other arid
regions of Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan...
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which case the
onagers could be used for
defense immediately. For Vegetius, the
onagers were
stone throwing machines. The
range of the
onager was increased...
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inhabited by
Syrian onagers in
Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Ukraine. On
August 30, 2014,
Iranian officials reported that
three Persian onagers were born in Khar...
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largest subspecies of the
onagers. It is 200–250 cm long, 100–140 cm tall at the shoulder, and it
weighs 200–240 kg. Male
onagers are
larger than the females...
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disappearance of the
onager and the
arrival of the
counterweight trebuchet. Many
historians have
argued for the
continued use of
onagers into
medieval times...
- from
Celtic peoples.
Roman siege engines such as ballistas,
scorpions and
onagers were not unique, but the
Romans were
probably the
first people to put ballistas...
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eventually wheels were
added to
increase mobility.
Onager Mangonels are also
sometimes referred to as
Onagers.
Onager catapults initially launched projectiles from...
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Standard of Ur,
circa 2000 BC.
These have been
suggested to
represent onagers, but are now
thought to have been
domesticated ****es. The
African wild...
- hemionus), also
known as
Mongolian khulan, is the
nominate subspecies of the
onager. It is
found in
southern Mongolia and
northern China. It was previously...
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momentum of the
stones over the same
distance as
those thrown by the
later onagers, trebuchets, or mangonels;
these could be as
heavy as 90–135 kg (198–298 lb)...
