History of Weapons

History of Modern Warfare

Have you ever wondered how we got from the sword to the modern jet? Well here I will describe(slowly) the history of modern weapons back to the middle ages such as the various types of swords throughout history to the modern machine. I will guard you step by step, or rather weapon by weapon.

First of course, we must start with the sword and progress quickly about its developments till the medieval swords where I will slow down. The sword was the most basic weapon throughout history. The first weapons were plain daggers until the art of making swords stronger was discovered. Then came the bronze age in which weapons were made of bronze. This made swords a bit longer but still they were harder to make than the modern sword and less durable. After this development, iron came into use making swords much easier to produce although slightly less effective than a good bronze.

Eventually iron dominated the field of battle, and steel came into use found first by the Asian countries. Few long swords were in use at this time although there are some example of long swords before steel became prevalent. This leads right up to the medieval sword and here I will stop.