Chariots in the Book of Mormon

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• Question: In what context are chariots mentioned in the Book of Mormon?
• Gardner: "a correct approach to a Mesoamerican battle required all three elements: king, litter, and battle beast"
• Rappleye: In Maya art from the Classic period (ca. AD 300–900), at least, an animal (often a dog) is frequently depicted as traveling near the litter as part of the entourage, thus indicating that both animal and royal litter would need to be made ready for a royal visit.

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?

Money and the Book of Mormon

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• Question: Does the Book of Mormon refer to "coins"?
• John Welch (1999): "This sidelight in the book of Alma contains enough facts to support meaningful parallels between King Mosiah's weights and measures and those used in other ancient cultures"

The Book of Mormon mentions the word "compass"

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• Question: Was the Liahona simply a magnetic compass that was out of place in 600 B.C.?
• Robert L. Bunker, "The Design of the Liahona and the Purpose of the Second Spindle"

Windows in the Book of Mormon

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• Question: Is the Book of Mormon reference to windows that can be "dashed in pieces" an anachronism?