<P> Extant examples include the wrought - iron Pumhart von Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg as well as the cast - bronze Faule Mette and Faule Grete (all from the 15th century). </P> <P> Counterweight trebuchet (12th century) </P> <P> Powered solely by the force of gravity, these catapults revolutionized medieval siege warfare and construction of fortifications by hurling huge stones unprecedented distances . Originating somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean basin, counterweight trebuchets were introduced in the Crusader states by the 1120s, Byzantium by the 1130s and in the Latin West by the second half of the century . </P> <P> Longbow with massed, disciplined archery (13th century) </P>

What was one of the weapon technologies that emerged during the crusades