- Conquest (TV series)
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Conquest Genre Documentary Starring Peter Woodward Country of origin 
United StatesLanguage(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 28 (List of episodes) Production Running time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel The History Channel Original run 1 December 2002 – 1 December 2003 Conquest was a TV show on the History Channel hosted by Peter Woodward. In each 30 minute episode he (or occasionally an outside expert) teaches his small group of assistants a particular type of weapon, or a set of weapons from a particular time period, while demonstrating their function, describing their comparative advantages and disadvantages, and discussing their history.
Episodes have ranged widely across history, from "Stone-Age Weapons" to "Air Combat" and even including "Unarmed Combat". As examples of the broad spectrum, Roman weapons and tactics, SWAT tactics and ninjutsu have all featured.
List of episodes
- 01 The Medieval Broadsword
- 02 Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages
- 03 Bow & Arrow
- 04 The Medieval Tournament
- 05 The Axman Cometh
- 06 Knight in Armor
- 07 Weapons of the Gladiators
- 08 Bull Riding
- 09 The Duel
- 10 Air Combat
- 11 Swords of the Musketeers
- 12 Unarmed Combat
- 13 Stone Age Weapons
- 14 Urban Ops
- 15 Demolition Derby
- 16 Knives and Daggers
- 17 Early Firearms
- 18 Pirate Weapons
- 19 Weapons of the Civil War
- 20 Roman Weapons
- 21 Trench Warfare
- 22 Weapons of the Barbarians
- 23 Weapons of the American Indians
- 24 Weapons of the Ninja
- 25 The Crossbow
- 26 How to Win in Las Vegas
- 27 American Soldiers in WWII
- 28 Warriors of the Bible
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