Today's post is going to be talking about the weapons Aztecs use.
The best known Aztec weapon is Macuahuitl. Macuahuitl is made from wood (usually oak) and the size of it is 3-4" long wide and 3-4' long. They came one-handed or two-handed. Two-handed versions may be a little wider and as tall as a person.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Florentine_Codex_IX_Aztec_Warriors.jpg
Another weapon used was the bow and arrow. The bows were about five feet long and the arrows were either pointed with obsidian, flint, or bone, and kept in a quiver. Many believe that the arrows could fly around 450 feet away or more.
http://s127722.edublogs.org/files/2011/10/aztecs_21904_lg-109xl5r.gif
The last weapon that I'm going to be talking about in this entry is the spear. Spears are usually more than 7 feet long and are extremely sharp. They had a blade a foot wide which was made of smaller blades made from stone. Fun fact - these spears are so sharp that warriors could actually use them to shave!
http://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/macquest/desk/useatlatl.jpg
Aztecs use way more weapons than these, but I'm only talking about these three weapons in this post.
Sincerely,
Izel
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