Egadi
There have been many different types of weaponry since the rock to nuclear weapons, some of the most influential very simple, and some of the most complex, very minor. The following ancient weapons are some of the most influential and have changed the way people fight each other, for better or for worse. The Egadi.
The Egadi is “a triple stack of 2 foot wide blades swooped back into a fitting that snugly capped a ship’s prow.” It came into existence at about 242 BCE. It was made using the “Lost - wax” method. They made a complete ram out of beeswax directly on the prow, they then carefully removed it and encased in clay, once the clay hardened they had a mold. Molten bronze was poured into the mold melting the wax, once it cooled the clay was chipped off and they had an Egadi. They were attached to the boat from just above water level and were designed to snap the planks of the …show more content…
The ancient Indian Talwar was a curved sword or saber with a wide blade and no false edge. It had gained widespread popularity during the Mughal rule. They made the blade in the way they made most weapons of the time, it was a sword forged on a massive scale. The Talwar was used widely by infantry, and cavalry. It was developed in India. (Ancient Indian Weapons) The Sling.
The Sling was a fiber from the Maguey plant, pliable and flexible. It was made in the thirteenth century, around when the Aztecs began to develop a culture. They would get fiber from the plant and loosen it until it was flexible, leather could also be used. This tool had not been developed exclusively with the Aztecs, people all over the globe had developed it. It was used to catapult stones towards their target y placing a rock in the center of the strip and building up speed by spinning it, it was then released and the stone would be sent flying. (Ancient Aztec Weapons)
Over the ages many different types of weapons have been developed, there are many more, but these are some that impacted warfare the
The Egadi is “a triple stack of 2 foot wide blades swooped back into a fitting that snugly capped a ship’s prow.” It came into existence at about 242 BCE. It was made using the “Lost - wax” method. They made a complete ram out of beeswax directly on the prow, they then carefully removed it and encased in clay, once the clay hardened they had a mold. Molten bronze was poured into the mold melting the wax, once it cooled the clay was chipped off and they had an Egadi. They were attached to the boat from just above water level and were designed to snap the planks of the …show more content…
The ancient Indian Talwar was a curved sword or saber with a wide blade and no false edge. It had gained widespread popularity during the Mughal rule. They made the blade in the way they made most weapons of the time, it was a sword forged on a massive scale. The Talwar was used widely by infantry, and cavalry. It was developed in India. (Ancient Indian Weapons) The Sling.
The Sling was a fiber from the Maguey plant, pliable and flexible. It was made in the thirteenth century, around when the Aztecs began to develop a culture. They would get fiber from the plant and loosen it until it was flexible, leather could also be used. This tool had not been developed exclusively with the Aztecs, people all over the globe had developed it. It was used to catapult stones towards their target y placing a rock in the center of the strip and building up speed by spinning it, it was then released and the stone would be sent flying. (Ancient Aztec Weapons)
Over the ages many different types of weapons have been developed, there are many more, but these are some that impacted warfare the