Galley - The first galleys

The term galley can refer to any ship propelled primarily by man-power, using oars. Most galleys also use masts and sails as a secondary means of propulsion. Various types of galleys dominated naval warfare in the Mediterranean from the time of Homer to the development of effective naval gunnery around the 15th and 16th centuries. Galleys fought in the wars of ancient Persia, Greece, Carthage and Rome until the 4th century. After the fall of the Roman Empire, galleys saw continued, if somewhat reduced, use by the Byzantine Empi ...

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• Galley - Ancient galleys
• Galley - The first galleys
• Galley - Penteconters
• Galley - Triremes
• Galley - Quinqueremes and polyremes
• Galley - Later galleys
• Galley - Medieval galleys in northern Europe
• Galley - The Renaissance
• Galley - The last galleys
• Galley - Other links
• Galley - Other meanings

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Galley - The first galleys. Galleys travelled the Mediterranean from perhaps 3000 BC. The Greeks and Phoenicians built and operated the first known ships to navigate the Mediterranean: merchant vessels with square-rigged sails. The first military vessels, as described in the works of Homer and represented in paintings, had a single row of oarsmen along each side (in addition to the s ...

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Galley, Galley - Ancient galleys, Galley - The first galleys, Galley - Penteconters, Galley - Triremes, Galley - Quinqueremes and polyremes, Galley - Later galleys, Galley - Medieval galleys in northern Europe, Galley - The Renaissance, Galley - The last galleys, Galley - Other links, Galley - Other meanings

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Galley - Medieval galleys in northern Europe. A development of the Viking longships and knaars, north European galleys, clinker-built, used a square sail and rows of oars, and looked very like their Norse predecessors. In the waters off the west of Scotland between 1263 and 1500, the Lords of the Isles used galleys both for warfare and for transport around their maritime domain, which included the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides, and Antrim in Ireland. They employed these ships for sea-b ...

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Galley, Galley - Ancient galleys, Galley - The first galleys, Galley - Penteconters, Galley - Triremes, Galley - Quinqueremes and polyremes, Galley - Later galleys, Galley - Medieval galleys in northern Europe, Galley - The Renaissance, Galley - The last galleys, Galley - Other links, Galley - Other meanings

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