An assegai or assagai is a polearm used for throwing, usually a light spear or javelin made up of a wooden handle with an iron tip. The use of various...
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Assegai is Wilbur Smith's thirty-second novel, it follows The Triumph of the Sun in which the author brought the Courtney and Ballantyne series together...
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Look up assegai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An assegai is a type of spear. Assegai may also refer to: Assegai (automobile), a South African-built...
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Curtisia (redirect from Assegai tree)
Curtisia dentata (commonly known as the Assegai tree or Cape lancewood, Afrikaans: Assegaai, Xhosa: Umgxina, Zulu: Umagunda) is a flowering tree from...
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The Assegai was a Formula One car built by Tony Kotze under the marque Bond Cars. It was named after an African spear. It was entered for two non-championship...
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from the country's enemies. The Zulu warriors used a long version of the assegai javelin as their primary weapon. The Zulu legendary leader Shaka initiated...
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Dangpa Gichang Hoko yari Ji Kama-yari Qiang Sibat Trishula Yari Naginata Assegai Ahlspiess Boar spear Bohemian earspoon Brandistock Dory Fauchard Goedendag...
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versions is the type of turret and 90 mm gun fitted. Sagaie is French for assegai, a type of African spear. The ERC was originally a private venture aimed...
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of Thunder 1899–1906 (1966) (When the Lion Feeds Series) Assegai 1906–1918 (2009) (Assegai series) The Burning Shore 1917–1920 (1985) (The Burning Shore...
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Most Zulu warriors were armed with an iklwa (the Zulu refinement of the assegai thrusting spear) and a shield made of cowhide. The Zulu army drilled in...
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zaġāya, but the English term, derived from the Old French via Berber, is "assegai". It is a polearm used for throwing or hurling, usually a light spear or...
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which leads to Nkwene and Manzini.The main street in Hlatikulu is The Assegai Inn street. Standing at over 1,210 metres (3,970 ft) above sea level it...
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Maesa lanceolata (redirect from False assegai)
Maesa lanceolata, the false assegai, is a tree species that is widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar. It occurs from the southern Arabian...
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(2012). The Life and Times of Led Zeppelin. Jeffreys Bay, South Africa: Assegai Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 9781620957936. Godwin, Robert (24 August 1990)...
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tail assemblies. The Assegai ammunition is qualified for use in all NATO 39 and 52 calibre 155mm guns. The first delivery of Assegai ammunition occurred...
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the ground and was overwhelmed. Zabanga stabbed the prince again with an assegai, followed by Gwabakana; and then the prince suffered a final blow from...
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strelitzia flower on the shield symbolizes the province's beauty. The assegai and knobkierrie behind the shield represent protection and peace. The base...
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fortifications at Rorke's Drift. Most Zulu warriors were armed with an assegai (short spear) and a nguni shield made of cowhide. The Zulu army drilled...
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years in power. A light brown traditional Basotho shield along with an assegai (lance) and knobkierrie (club) replaced the mokorotlo as the primary emblem...
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for "bring me my machine [gun]"). De la Rey is an antagonist in the book Assegai (novel) by the novelist, Wilbur Smith. Regiment de la Rey "Genl. Jacobus...
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1824 European artist's impression of King Shaka with a long throwing assegai and heavy shield....
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Shaka is often said to have been dissatisfied with the long throwing assegai, and is credited with having introduced a new variant of the weapon: the...
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men that at the entrance of his cave was an old assegai, and if the men found the tip of the assegai rusted, it would mean that Paul had died. Due to...
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approximately 350 civilians. The Zulus were equipped mainly with the traditional assegai iron spears and cow-hide shields, but also had a number of muskets and...
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Prince Imperial was ambushed by Zulu warriors and was killed after 18 assegai wounds. The Zulus did not desecrate the body as was their custom out of...
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(Assegai series) Power of the Sword 1931-1948 (The Burning Shore series) Courtney's War 1939-1945 (Assegai series) Legacy of War After WWII (Assegai series)...
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#21; Australia No. 1 "Tanglefoot" / "Drake's Progress" (1962) "I Bent My Assegai" / "Sweet Freddy Green" (1962) "I've Lost The End of My Yodel" / "I Can...
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the left forearm. allagh: 2 meter long lance tagheda: small and sharp assegai taganze: leather covered-wooden bow amur: wooden arrow taburek: wooden...
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trackers. The primary weapon was a thin six-foot (1.8 m) throwing spear, the assegai; several were carried into combat. Defensive equipment included a small...
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ascent, and the question was ultimately decided by the arbitration of the assegai, with Lobengula and his impis crushing the rebels. Lobengula's courage...
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