The first weapon ever made was the rock tied to a string. Even if it wasn’t strong, it stunned the enemy for a while. Next came the spear. At first a spear was just a sharpened stick. After a little while people made spearheads from a sharpened rock. Sometimes people used bones, too. Next, came the sling. To hold the sling you had to loop the string around your ring finger and take the other end and hold it between your index finger and your thumb. Once you have it the right way, you sling it over your shoulder and just let it rip!
Next, are the Javelins. The throwing stick was the same thing as the javelin and a bow is a better kind of throwing stick.
Next came boomerangs. A boomerang is a curved stick. If you throw a boomerang correctly it would hit the target and would return to the thrower.
The blowgun was next. It usually had a dart in it and the dart had poison or sleeping stuff in them.
Copper and Bronze
Copper was the first metal mankind learned to work with. The copper was so tough that they had to melt it down and had to reshape it. The use of copper weapons began around 5600 BC. For a couple of thousand years, copper was rare in most places. Copper and bronze weapons first appeared in what is now called Iraq. The most popular bronze weapon was the composite bow. Few composite bows are more than four feet long.
The Greeks and Bronze
The weapons of the Greeks were mostly bronze. A Greek’s spear was his most valuable weapon. His dagger or sword was a second line of defense. The long stabbing sword was used so you wouldn’t have to get too close to your enemy.
It
isn’t possible to say exactly when the Greeks learned to work with iron
properly.
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