The Spear.

The Spear

Despite the sword being the most popular old weapon now, the spear was much more commonly used back before the gun.  Because the spear was much easier to make than the sword, most armies were made up of as many swordsmen as possible and the rest archers or swordsmen. The Egyptian empire was one of the few to reach almost complete swords as it was superior to the spear.

There are many types of shields from before the medieval times such as the normal one handed spear to be used with a shields. Other kinds were the two-handed shield, the cavalry spear, and the two-handed cavalry spear. Thus the spear is the most important weapon of the ancient times.