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Book of Mormon/Warfare/Weapons
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Weapons in the Book of Mormon
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- Bows and arrows in the Book of Mormon
- Book of Mormon anachronisms: Cimeters/Scimeters
- Slings in the Book of Mormon
- Book of Mormon warfare: Swords
Bows and arrows in the Book of Mormon
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Cimeters or Scimeters in the Book of Mormon
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- Hoskisson: "the mistaken assumption that scimitars did not exist in the pre-Islamic Old World"
- Egyptian Scimiter from Tell El-Dab'a in the Eastern Nile Delta (circa before 1500 BC)
- Roper: "a strange double-curved weapon held in the left hand of the warrior figure on the Loltún cave relief might be considered a scimitar/cimeter"
- Book of Mormon Central: Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimiters?
Slings in the Book of Mormon
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Book of Mormon warfare: Swords
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- Matthew Roper: "the Mesoamerican weapon the macuahuitl fits the criteria for the Book of Mormon "sword"
- Question: Should we expect to find ancient swords in either the Old World or the New World?
- Question: Are all swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon made of metal?
- Question: Did the use of metal swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon persist?
- Question: Did swords exist in Pre-Columbian America during the Book of Mormon time period?
- Hamblin and Merrill: "The Book of Mormon mentions the sword 156 times"
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