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                    Of all the higher apes, mankind is the most dangerous - They embraced the idea of War!  In nature most conflicts between species are often solved with threat behaviour, the occasional fight to prove dominance or rarely a serious wound.  Homo sapiens, on the other hand, is the only species that will deliberately kill another animal to gain territory, protect resources such as food or water and worse: they will kill each other to fulfil their needs.  This site will not discuss or pass judgements on man's capacity for war or the uses to which he uses the weapons that his inventive technological mind has created.  Instead, it will show the paths from the simple hunting tools used in early tribal conflicts through the centuries from the empire-building era of the Romans, pass the medieval wars of bow and sword to the industrial, mechanised killing grounds of world war one and two. In modern times, it is ironic that the efficiency of today's weapons have produced smaller casualty figures even though the area of conflict is on the same scale as the previous global wars.  This is due in part to the increasing accuracy of weaponry today but mostly, the fear of these powerful weapon being used has made the technologically superior army pause for thought in their use and the technologically inferior opponents to capitulate en mass having seen their use.
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                    Your trail for this exploration starts below with stick, blade and projectile weapons with a special development tree devoted to booby traps and their evolved cousins the mine. As you explore the technology trees that define the history and development of these weapons from the old form to the new you will discover the insights revealing how our history has influenced the design and function of these tools of destruction.  For extra interest, I have added 'Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe' that is a look at the more unusual forms of weapons through time and I have provided extra pages for links to other websites that provide video and written histories by experts and academics alike. All of these pages are available from the navigation bar at the top of the page.  So enjoy and explore and If you would like to comment, there is a contact link at the bottom of the screen.
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                a<img src="/Assets/Images/image_320.png" alt="Link to Stick Weapons" />  text description for clubs and spears
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                 a<img src="/Assets/Images/image_320.png" alt="Link to Bladed Weapons" /> text description for knives and cutting stones
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                a<img src="/Assets/Images/image_320.png" alt="Link to Projectile Weapons" /> text description for bows, throwing sticks and atlatl
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                a<img src="/Assets/Images/image_320.png" alt="Link to Booby Trap Weapons" /> text description for pit traps, stake pits and deadfall traps
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