Weapons have determined the development of civilization since ancient times. Improving over time, weapons changed: primitive models were replaced by metal products, and people turned hot iron against their own kind. In an effort to gain more and more power, people developed new instruments of murder - merciful, like a stiletto or a sword, which gave instant death, or unimaginable in their cruelty, like a flamberge or a morning star. The invention of gunpowder marked a new era in the production of weapons, and cold weapons slowly began to lose ground, giving way to firearms. The reader will trace all the milestones in the development of weapons making, get acquainted with the history of the appearance of knives, daggers, swords, spears, battle axes and their many varieties.