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title: Greek Fire Grenades
author: Badseed
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# Greek Fire Grenades

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## Image File

[![Greek Fire Grenades](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7617.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7617.jpg)

## Image Caption

Two clay grenades which were designed to be filled with the flammable liquid known as [Greek Fire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Fire/) and launched at the enemy. [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) Fire was first used in the [Byzantine empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Byzantine_Empire/) in 678 CE. These examples date to between the 10th and 12th century CE, Chania, [Crete](https://www.worldhistory.org/crete/). (National Historical Museum, [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/))

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## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Liquid_fire_granades_Chania.jpg) by **Badseed**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 13 November 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.