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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WEAPONRY CONTENTS FOREWORD PART I PREHISTORIC AND ANCIENT WEAPONS 4500BC– AD100 STONE AND BRONZE THE FIRST WEAPONS STONE AND WOOD FEATURE: ANCIENT METALLURGY EARLY METAL WEAPONS BRONZE IRON PART II THE ORIGINS OF WARFARE AD100–1500 BLADES AND ARMOR CLUBS AND SPEARS BOWS AND CROSSBOWS MACES AND FLAILS FEATURE: THE CRUSADES POLE ARMS AND AXES FEATURE: ARMOR FEATURE: KUKRI DAGGERS AND FIGHTING KNIVES FEATURE: JAMBIYA FEATURE: KATARA FEATURE: FIGHTING IMPLEMENTS CLOISONNÉ THE KRIS FEATURE: ONE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR SWORDS FEATURE: ROYAL PERSIAN SCIMITAR PART III EARLY MODERN WARFARE 1150–1850 EARLY FIREARMS HAND-HELD GUNPOWDER WEAPONS FEATURE: KEY GUNS THE FLINTLOCK FEATURE: UNUSUAL FIREARMS FEATURE: NAVAL WARFARE FEATURE: NAPOLEONIC WARFARE DUELING PISTOLS THE BLUNDERBUSS PERCUSSION WEAPONS FEATURE: FLINTLOCK TO PERCUSSION CONVERSIONS PART IV WAR, DEFENSE, AND A CHANGING WORLD 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY REPEATING WEAPONS PEPPERBOXES AND DERRINGERS COLT’S REVOLVERS COLT’S COMPETITORS FEATURE: THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WEAPONS OF THE CIVIL WAR UNION WEAPONS CONFEDERATE WEAPONS WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN WEST THE AMERICAN WEST: RIFLES FEATURE: MAUSERS BOLT-ACTION MAGAZINE RIFLES THE AUTOMATIC PISTOL PERSONAL DEFENSE WEAPONS WEAPONS OF DECEPTION FEATURE: ALARM AND TRAP WEAPONS COMBINATION WEAPONS PART V THE WORLD AT WAR 20TH CENTURY AND BEYOND MODERN WARFARE WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR I EDGED WEAPONS HANDGUNS OF WORLD WAR I PISTOLS TO THE END OF WWI FEATURE: TRENCH WARFARE INFANTRY RIFLES OF WORLD WAR I MACHINE GUNS OF WORLD WAR I FEATURE: GANGSTER WARFARE WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II EDGED WEAPONS AXIS PISTOLS OF WORLD WAR II ALLIED PISTOLS OF WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR II RIFLES MORTARS OF WORLD WAR II FEATURE: CEREMONIAL WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR I & WORLD WAR II MACHINE GUNS OF WORLD WAR II SUBMACHINE GUNS OF WORLD WAR II FEATURE: SPECIALIZED WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II WEAPONS OF ESPIONAGE FEATURE: CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL WARFARE POST-WORLD WAR II WEAPONS HANDGUNS INFANTRY WEAPONS RESOURCES ABOUT THE BERMAN MUSEUM GLOSSARY INDEX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “THE GREATEST JOY A MAN CAN KNOW IS TO CONQUER HIS ENEMIES AND DRIVE THEM BEFORE HIM. TO RIDE THEIR HORSES AND TAKE AWAY THEIR POSSESSIONS. TO SEE THE FACES OF THOSE WHO WERE DEAR TO THEM BEDEWED WITH TEARS, AND TO CLASP THEIR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS IN HIS ARMS.” —Genghis Khan

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When did hunting weapons begin to be used against humans instead of animals? What is the difference between the Plains Indian War Club and the Fijian War Club? What weapon is common to peoples in every part of the world? The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry is a comprehensive guide to arms and a
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