Throw stick and boomerang One boomerang that was discovered in the Carpathian Mountains in Poland was made of mammoth's tusk Dated to be about 30,000 years old.

Egyptian throw stick Egyptians used throwing sticks to hunt ducks (1000 BC)

Boomerang in Australia The oldest Australian Aboriginal boomerangs are ten thousand years old

Boomerang is now evolved into many different shapes.

Chariots Used for warfare during the bronze and the iron ages. Biga required two horses, a triga three, and a quadriga required four horses. Bigatriga quadriga Invention of the spoked wheel was crucial to the development of chariots.spoked The earliest spoke-wheeled chariots date to ca BC Their use peaked around 1300 BC

The earliest fully developed true chariots dates back to 2000BC in in modern Russia and Kazakhstan. RussiaKazakhstan Chariot racing was the most popular spectator sport in ancient Rome. Chariots were used in battles by Egyptians, Persians, Chinese, Greeks and Indians. Romans used chariots mainly for racing.

Flaming Weapons (or Thermal Weapons) In 332 BC Alexander the Great laid siege to Tyre, a coastal base of the Phoenicians.Alexander the GreatTyrePhoenicians In order to bring his siege engines within range, Alexander ordered the construction of moles.moles The Tyrians responded by attacking the first mole with a large fireship, which destroyed it. A large horse transport ship was packed with cedar torches, pitch, dried brush and other combustibles; above this were suspended cauldrons of sulfur, bitumen and "every sort of material apt to kindle and nourish flame". [ [

Flaming Arrow Both the Assyrians and the Judeans used fire arrows at the siege of Lachish in 701 BC.AssyriansJudeansLachish

Flaming Arrow More sophisticated devices were developed by the Romans which had iron boxes and tubes which were filled with incendiary substances and attached to arrows or spears.Romans These arrows needed to be fired from loose bows, since swift flight extinguished the flame. spears could be launched by hand or throwing machine.

Unusual Weapons

Unusual weapons, atl-atl Discovered in caves in France dating about 21,000 to 17,000 years ago. Tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing.

Trained soldiers could let fly 10 bolts in 15 seconds. The small and light arrow of the comparatively weak Chinese crossbow had little penetrative power. For this reason the head of the arrow was sometimes dipped in poison, in order that a slight wound might prove fatal. The Zhuge Nu Semi-Automatic Crossbow (4 th century B.C.)

Unusual weapons, Zhua main use of the zhua was to pull off the shields of enemies, leaving them exposed to the clawed hand of iron.

Unusual weapons, Nest of Bees

wooden container filled with tubes in the shape of a hexagon, which, when viewed from the front, gave the weapon the appearance of a large honeycomb. Inside each of the tubes was a rocket propelled arrow. The rockets launched the arrows with more power and range than that of a traditional bow. Up to 32 arrows could be launched from a nest at once.

Unusual weapons, Scissor used in the arenas by the gladiators of the ancient Roman Empire. Made from hardened steel, the scissor measured up to one and a half feet long and 5-7 pounds

Belly Bow!

Belly Bow Greek name: Gastraphetes Believed to be built around 399 BC by a team of Greek craftsmen. Some researchers believe it was invented earlier.

Unusual weapons, Scorpion Bombs The Ancient Iraqis would fill a terracotta jar with scorpions and then seal it. The jars were then thrown at the attacking army. The jar would break, releasing the scorpions either on the enemy soldiers or in the battlefield itself.

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