History of Weapons
                     HISTORY OF 
WEAPONS
INTRODUCTI
ON
The History of weapons is a vast 
subject and involves a step by step 
account of the various weapons that 
were invented or conceived in the 
course of time. Weapons can be 
defined as a tool to hurt an individual 
or a group or threaten or defend.
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WEAPONS OF 
THE PRE-
HISTORIC AGE
When humans came into existence, it 
took time and knowledge for them to 
hunt animals. They made most of 
their weapons using stick and stones. 
With the growing threat from animals, 
humans started to use the uneven 
branches or logs in a more effective 
manner. They started sharpening 
them with sharp edged stones.
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ANCIENT 
SPEAR
The spear is one of the oldest man 
made weapons. It started to be used 
in battles during the Old and Middle 
Kingdom of Egypt's Dynastic period. 
The spear had a typical pointed blade 
that was attached to a long wooden 
shaft by a tang. The pointed blade, in 
those days was made of copper or 
flint.
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WEAPONS OF 
ANCIENT 
WORLD
The earliest form of weapons were 
stone tipped spears. There are 
records that the Chinese used leather 
armour and cut weapons out of jade. 
Armours were mostly made out of 
buffalo hide. The common man in the 
ancient world used a plain straight 
stick as the basic weapon to protect 
himself from enemies.
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COPPER AGE
The humans discovered new natural 
resources beneath the Earth's 
surface, they, at once used their new 
found resources judiciously and 
effectively and replaced their 
traditional clubs with maces. 
Copper had significantly contributed 
to the ancient world and helped 
flourish the cultures of Mesopotamia, 
Egypt, Greece, Rome, Indus and 
China. 
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THE 
SUMERIANS
Known to be one of the earliest 
civilizations, the Sumerians lived in 
what is currently Iraq. 
The land was open to enemy attacks. 
These people were attacked by many 
barbarian tribes but they always 
drove them away from their land. The 
Sumerians warriors were equipped 
with maces, clubs and slings. 
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BOWS AND 
ARROWS
Bows and arrows changed with 
changing times. Bows were made 
from wood. The bow brought about a 
revolution in ancient warfare just like 
gunpowder for medieval warfare. 
Since arrow heads were discovered in 
Africa, the historians have presumed 
that the bow and arrow were invented 
there at around 50000 BC. 
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BRONZE AGE 
WEAPONS
Bronze, a fusion of copper and Tin. 
Copper and bronze were used 
extensively in Asia. The Indus Valley 
Civilization flourished as a result of 
improvised metallurgy. 
Neolithic communities who lived 
primarily in the upper Yellow River, in 
China also used bronze items 
extensively as a number of artifacts 
were recovered at the Majiayao site. 
Bronze was produced on a large scale 
in China for weapons. 
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GUNPOWDER 
WEAPONS
The invention of gunpowder weapons 
revolutionized siege warfare. 
Gunpowder is said to have been 
conceived in China. It was when the 
Mongols, after invading China, went 
on to subdue Japan, their ships sunk 
by a typhoon. Half of their army 
drowned in the sea.
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RENAISSANCE 
WEAPONS
Medieval weapons were still in 
service during the Renaissance. Some 
of the medieval weapons that were 
still in use included Guisarme, the 
Halberd, the Mace and the partisan. 
The Halberd was a traditional weapon 
used by the Swiss.
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