Board 8 > What weapons were traditionally the most common prior to the advent of guns?

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I'm guessing Bows? Followed by spears/lances due to reach/cheap cost? Then axes due to cheap cost? Then two-handed swords? Then sword + shield? And finally maces / war hammers?

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Crossbows.

But honestly I'd say swords were still the main weapon.

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you're going back over 400 years for that, and it'd depend on region. would be melee weapons as 'most popular' but bows were very much so used across all regions.

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Probably fireballs and lightning strikes

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Of actual weapons, definitely spears and their many variants (pikes, etc.).

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Fists.

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Magic spells.

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The same weapons that are still the most common today, knives.

But, if you mean which weapons were important to warfare, then spears. Spears were the backbone of every military up until recent times.

Even after the invention of guns, spears were used for ages. The bayonet was an weapon designed to turn a musket into a spear. Even the battles of the American Revolution were fundamentally spear engagements.

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Spears. In terms of ranged weaponry, crossbows. But spears remained quite relevant until the bayonet was invented. If you consider the bayonet a spear, they remained relevant until rifles were widely deployed.

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If Pokemon [RBY vs MM vs PD vs Banjo] wins this, I'd kindly send a note to Allen to remove my bracket. Menji76, 4/22/2009

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Swords, daggers, knives, farming equipment, axes, and bows were most likely the most common weapons.

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Horses.

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The correct answer is bows and spears.

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Spears.

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