subject: The Way Weapons Are Always Useful For Man [print this page] different kinds of Blades are necessary things in our kitchen pantry storage. Although these cutters seem to be very harmless, they are really useful. They are used as common tool to cut and chop vegetables and other things. Livng without them would not be as simple as it is right now. Yet, one thing is hard to realize that these knives in a pantry cabinet come from a family of tools known for their ruthless and vicious usage.
Prior to the time when man actually started to eat a wonderfully cut and presented salad, he learned to keep himself alive by killing animals and other enemies. Those were truly the times of survival of the toughest. What helped him in being tougher than bigger and stronger creatures was his talent to invent. He created safe shelters, he made traps and, most importantly, he made weapons. The weapons not only allowed him protect his own self and his family, they also assisting in feeding them. It is one surprising fact that the first weapon ever found is also among the oldest tools ever discovered. However, this strictly doesn't points out that man's nature was violent from the start. In fact, this tells us that self defense and survival has always been the main concern of a man.
The very oldest kinds of weapons ever found are of centuries before the metal age. These wooden clubs and pointed stones prove that they were previously being used as a weapon to kill someone. Most of the oldest weapons were piercing ones, for example, a wooden throwing spear of about 400,000 years ago was found. Using fire to harden the edges started in around 250,000 ago. Stone was replaced by copper during the Copper age, and that was soon replaced by bronze. Along with Bronze Age, came blades and durin g this time the very initial type of swords were created. These were so famous that even the ferrous swords were deemed inferior for a long time. Around 1200 BC, the Africans developed new ways to make iron swords sharper and swifter and by the same time, battering ram and cavalries were already developed and warfare was everywhere.
The Romans, Egyptians and Greeks started preparing their armies along with many weapons, chariots, cavalry and ships andduring the middle ages, many techniques of using these tools were invented. Swords, spears and bows were used in battle according to the circumstances and distance between enemies and in the meantime, Arabs and Indian warriors also, got a supreme edge in sword making and swordsmanship.
By the 16th century, gunpowder revolutionized the history of weapons, and cannons took place of ,many of the siege weapons. Though various types of firearms were developed in different areas in different times, guns as we know them nowadays were invented in England. The Puckle gun, invented in 1718 is known to be the oldest gun and later, paved way to further improved versions and gradually, evolved into revolvers and pistols. Currently, guns being used are mostly automatic and are far more accurate and lethal. Electric guns and nuclear weapons are also a newer revolution in history. Yet, despite all these, swords and daggers still remain one of the best weapons in history.
