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  Weapons timeline
     
c. 15,000 years ago
 
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The principle of the bow and arrow is developed, with yew or elm for the bow and points of flint on the arrows     
c. 2500 BC
 
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The treasures found in the royal cemetery at Ur include a depiction of soldiers in copper helmets, armed with battleaxes       
c. 1800 BC
 
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In Mesopotamia the new weapon is a light chariot, drawn by two horses       
c. 1500 BC
 
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The composite bow, accurate to 200 yards, is used by warriors in Asia fighting from chariots and on horseback      
c. 1100 BC
 
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The Phoenicians develop the war galley, with a sharp battering ram in the bow       
c. -850 BC
 
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The Assyrians develop the battering ram into a mobile and powerful siege engine