Best Ancient Weapons

This weapon allowed humans to colonize Europe. The large animals like elk were hunted with deadly effectiveness with the bow & arrow. It is also very effective as an army weapon. - Anonymous2u

When France was attacked by Britain, the French put all there archers up first, it won them the battle.

Very lethal weapons that are still dangerous.

Bows gave mankind the ability to strike at a distance and therefore gave him an advantage over stronger faster anuimals

The satisfying when you slice something up with a broadsword. Also I think it was England, not France, that won many battles in the Hundred Year's War with archers.

It will kill you easily.

This weapon is awesome

KIRITO!

Used by the Samurai, ninjas, Viet Cong, Japanese empire, and modern day Dojos all across the globe - sdoggys

The Katana is so sharp it has been demonstrated to cut through a human completly with no problem. And the swords are made of steel instead of Iron so its stronger than the average sword - sdoggys

The Katana (aka Samurai sword) is the sharpist-strongest sword in the world

The battle ax was by vikings to pillage villages & claim land - Anonymous2u

A muzzle loading shotgun that could use anything as ammo as long as there was enough gunpowder.

Its an awesome weapon, they even use to fill it with scrap metal and wood if they ran out of ammo.

Also known as the Deck Cleaner due to it's usage in the Pirate Years.

Definitely more lethal than that big fork trident thing. - jezza0

The great grandfather of all firearms. A weapon capable of large damage, this weapon has evolved into what is now guns. Muzzle loading, then single action, lever action, bolt action, semi-auto, and finally fully-automatic (burst fire could be included too).

Cannons were the first ever heavy artillery. They were used on battlefields for centuries. - Anonymous2u

We are talking about handheld weapons here, folks. Hand Cannon is what you want. - LordDovahkiin

Ass kicking like he said

It's the most popular weapon in history. It was still used in war more then the bow and arrow for all of the years in which the bow and arrow was used. It has vastly superior reach to the sword. It is more intuitive to use then the sword or the bow. It is the first weapon that allowed man to hunt large game. Until the invention of relatively modern firearms it was still the most common weapon on nearly all battlefields. On a less objective note, Odin used one and he was Thor's dad.

A spear can kill an opponent at long range

Can be used both as a handheld wielding weapon as well as an effective projectile

Jesus Christ, I know this can be used as a weapon, but the idea behind it was to defend you. - LordDovahkiin

For those who don't know an Arquebus was an early form of rifle or musket prominent during the Rennaisance.

These weapons were used by native-Americans to defend against eneny tribes - Anonymous2u