Ancient African Weapons
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Ancient African Weapons
Created by Kevin Lassiter, Brayden Neale and Emmanuel Lo
Vocab
Berber Dagger
A knife hanging around for decoration
Status Ngulu Sword
A ceremonial sword used for decapitation, African equivalent of the gullitine.
Ida Sword
A blade used by Yoruba People. Any one cut with it would be poisoned and parallize
Boa Sword
A spear-like sword used as rank objects or currency
Timeline
- 550 B.C.E. The Nok people forge iron tools & weapons.
- 750 A.D. The people of Ghana create superior iron weapons.
- 218-219 B.C.E. Hannibal Barca attacks Saguntum and causes the 2nd Punic war. His invasion includes several elephants
The Berber Dagger
The dagger comes from Berber (duh). The sheath and handle are made of brass
Conquest of Ghana
750 A.D. Ghana conquers Neighboring kingdoms with iron wepons
The Ngulu sword is an execution sword. It is used to carry out the "death sentence" of a slave.
After the execution, the body of the victim would be eaten.
Rest assured, this practice was stopped during 1900, and the knife was used just for ceremonial dancing after that.
Fellow classmates, don't try this at home
Here's the sword we tried to imitate
African Sword fighting
- African swordsmanship consists mostly of slashes and cuts.
- African Swordsmanship is similar to greek Swordsmanship: slashing, parrying, cutting; as opposed to brutally stabbing
Conclusion:
After a crap ton of research, we found approximately 60% of Ancient Africa's weapons were for status, rank, diviners, rich people, chiefs, etc.
Resources
- Unknown, (4/2015) Ancient Africa Timeline, Web. 21 Apr. 2015,
More Resources
- Omnomninja, (date unknown) Ancient West African Technology Timeline, Reitreived from http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/ancient-west-african-technology
Even more Resorces!!!
- Unknown(2013,09,18) African Design- Weapons (Examples of Berber Daggers) Retrieved from http://moonchildcreative.weebly.com/inspiration-research-blog/african-desig...
2 many Resources!!
- Unknown(2015) African Weapons Retrieved from http://www.ezakwantu.com/Gallery%20African%20Weapons%20-%20Central%20Africa...
3 many resources
- History.com staff(2009). Hannibal. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hannibal
4 many resources
- Unknown (2014 September 19) Ida (Sword) Retreived from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_(sword)
Thank You
(For nothing in particular)
