Notes

Table of contents includes: Prehistoric weapons
-- Missile weapons
-- The first warriors
-- Greeks and Romans
-- Weapons from Barbarian Europe
-- European swords
-- Crossbows and longbows
-- Axes, daggers, and knives
-- Mail and plate armour
-- A suit of armour
-- Helmets
-- Tilting armour
-- An Indian warrior
-- Indian weapons
-- A Japanese samurai
-- Early firearms
-- Flintlock firearms
-- Duelling swords
-- Duelling pistols
-- Attack by highwaymen
-- Bizarre handweapons
-- Grenadiers and cavalry
-- Keeping law and order
-- Pistols
-- Percussion firearms
-- Guns that won the West
-- North American Indians.

Other Title: Arms and armour Rev. ed DK eyewitness On cover: The story of weaponry, from stone axes to samurai battle gear Table of contents includes: Prehistoric weapons -- Missile weapons -- The first warriors -- Greeks and Romans -- Weapons from Barbarian Europe -- European swords -- Crossbows and longbows -- Axes, daggers, and knives -- Mail and plate armour -- A suit of armour -- Helmets -- Tilting armour -- An Indian warrior -- Indian weapons -- A Japanese samurai -- Early firearms -- Flintlock firearms -- Duelling swords -- Duelling pistols -- Attack by highwaymen -- Bizarre handweapons -- Grenadiers and cavalry -- Keeping law and order -- Pistols -- Percussion firearms -- Guns that won the West -- North American Indians