[muawiyah]

Correct. They brought the spear. They had other weapons as well.

[dsc]

"Correct. They brought the spear. They had other weapons as well."

I marvel, as I remember my sons making bows for themselves from materials scrounged around the house, from around the age of five or so.

It boggles my mind: how could intelligent men go so many millenia (100 or more?) without that particular light bulb coming on?