In this thread post historical African weapons.
I've wanted to learn more about them and combat techniques, military strategies, etc.
They seem to like their machetes and falchions.
>>315039
/thread
>>315039
>>315039
>abo shitposting
>>315039
>>315039
>>315029
>does shit for the military and NASA
>Ends up selling guns to kids
Shits fucked
>>315039
That's pretty impressive, I don't know what's so fucking funny
>>315581
Why did they evolve to look so incredibly different from everyone else, even africans?
I wonder how my descendants will look like thousands of years from now.
>>315581
It might have something to do with the overly intense UV rays that hit Australia or some other climate unique to Australia.
I used to have a folder for this.
Mostly west african curved swords and central african throwing knives.
West african warfare was characterized by heavy cavalry where the environment allowed, and archer levies. African bows were weaker than eurasian bows so they used poison to compensate. The Mandinka were so skilled their bows could kill in less than 1 hour with a single scratch.
Sahelian armies used chainmail, iron helmets, and quilted armor.
Shields were typically made from wood and elephant or hippo hide (In eastern and southern Africa it was largely cow hide). In the sahel most battles were fought during the dry season.
Southern africans wouldn't host standing armies until the 18th century. Most of the time things came down to a strong chief assembling temporary allies with a great war drum.
In the rainforest warfare consisted largely of raids and ambushes. Pitched battles were very rare, even among strong kingdoms like Benin and Asanteman who could field tens of thousands of soldiers.
>>315652
Those swords are intricate as fuck. They almost seem impractical.
Were the large armies of rainforest civilizations necessary if there was such limited movement?
>>316056
....there weren't large armies or populations in the Central Rainforest bruh.
>>316056
>They almost seem impractical.
Swords such as the Akrafena of the Akan people over time became symbolic status symbols.
Especially after colonization.
>Were the large armies of rainforest civilizations necessary if there was such limited movement?
You need a lot of bros if you want to lay siege to a city. The guinean rainforests were a patchwork of city states.
And people became skilled at building walls. Particularly the kingdom of Benin who had an extensive network of moats and walls. The walls there moved more earth than the Great Pyramid of Khufu.
Though not as tall the Great Wall of China, Benin's walls were 4x as long.
And every so often thousands of soldiers proves useful, like when particularly strong kingdoms like Asanteman, Oyo, or Dahomey got the chance to slug it out.
An interesting archaeologically anomaly is that there was extensive use of crossbows in central Africa
JUST
>>316468
Not gonna lie, that looks rad
>>316463
looks weak as fuck t.b.h.
>>317207
not weak enough to puncture your skull anon. thats a threat senpai
>>316468
Is that a fucking Bandos God sword?
>>315581
He looks like a Warband character. A black Khergit even.
>>317429
>he
>>317429
>he
>>315599
They were pure.
>>317489
Would physical combat her.
>>316468
Metal
>>316468
Where is this thing from?
>>315652
They look like they could be used to hack at bush as well as enemies.
Would make sense that they are weaponized bush blades.
>>315599
Seems like a smaller genetic pool leads to certain features being more distinctive and strong. It's why jews look so weird. But that's my own asspull theory.
>>317429
>Black
>>315029
I don't know a whole lot about west african warfare or weaponry but I love Yoruba art and sculpture. West Africa is shamefully underappreciated.
>>318586
This. Idiots like the second poster think they're funny but just come off as deliberately ignorant
>>318586
Exactly. Yoruba art and sculpture is rather mindblowing. They really knew how to capture human expression.
ooga booga
>>318586
The cultures of southern Nigeria were interesting in terms of artistic development
>>318634
Even when people learn about these societies they can't shake their scepticism. West africa is one of a handful of places that civilisation independently developed, it's cultural and historical significance is immense, but people can't get this importance into their heads. Any time it's brought up people spout shit like "Oh but they were just tribal kingdoms" and other such bullshit.
There was a guy the other day who refused to believe that some places in Africa were more advanced than the mesoamericans and kept downplaying the complexity of West african civilisation. The only reason I can think is that it's not shown in the media so people think it never happened.
>>319742
Well depends what kind of Mesoamericans, and what time period
>>319822
He was saying that the Aztecs were more advanced than any African civilisation ever. He had a point regarding the size of Tenochtitlan but otherwise he was full of shit.
>>319742
It's nothing new.
When the bronzes of Benin and Ife were discovered people made up all sorts of /x/ tier theories about white übermensch from Atlantis leaving behind artifacts in west africa.
Although I wouldn't scorn the word tribal. All it means is an extended assortment of clans with a common language and culture. The Romans, Greeks, Persians, and Franks were all tribal. But over time tribal identity melts away.
Frankly I think retarda like you mention equate tribal with hunter gatherer or scattered family groups.
>>315029
>need a reminder which way the pointy end goes
>Frankly I think retarda like you mention equate tribal with hunter gatherer or scattered family groups.
You completely missed my point. I was taking issue with the fact that they said African kingdoms were "just" tribal kingdoms, as if their tribal nature precluded them from having any complexity. I'd go so far as to say that the modern nation state is to some extent tribal.
>>320295
I think its just a design
>OSMAN
>MY SON
>YOU ARE MAN NOW
>YOU MUST CHOOSE WEAPON FOR GLORY OF TRIBE
>WILL YOU PICK BYUTIFUL ASYMMETRIC AFRICAN BLADE COMPLETE WITH PHALLIC SYMBOLS
>OR BORING STRAIGHT AFRICAN BLADE I BRING FROM SUDAN
>...
Here's a statue from Mali
Does the guy's horse have a dick for a face or am I seeing things
>>316468
I think i know where WoW is getting its sword designs now.
>>320388
that's the prettiest sword itt though.
>>320388
The Sudanese also had a flair for the intricate and impractical.
>>320468
>that helmet
This is a more modestly designed blade.
I know deadliest warrior was dumb but I learned the Zande had a weird penis blade
>>315039
My man
>>320635
African Throwing Knives are fucking amazing
>>320394
My fault for typing like a drunk
>>320468
The crazy throwing knives popular in central africa came with the migration of sudanic speaking tribes like the Azande
>>320668
>But bwana, why do you need 7 blades?
>shutup mboro
This is a short sword that the yoruba tribe of west africa used
This was probably the main sword of the yoruba warrior. It is called the Ida, which translates to sword or blade.
>>320668
>Literally a dick-measuring contest
>>322175
>>322160
Get on my level
>you will never throw azande throwing knives at whiteys and chop them up with machetes
>there are lost african tribes that got inches on you and more testosterone and greater athletic ability
>>322592
>>322609
>>320421
The guy's horse has a dick for a face.
>>322184
>Literally
>>319742
You've piqued my interest. Do you have any specific names for these civilizations/societies or what they accomplished or when and why they faded or fell?
>>322719
Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria
>They extend for some 16,000 kilometres in all, in a mosaic of more than 500 interconnected settlement boundaries. They cover 6,500 square kilometres and were all dug by the Edo people. In all, they are four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. They took an estimated 150 million hours of digging to construct, and are perhaps the largest single archaeological phenomenon on the planet.
>>322626
>that bow is stringed reverse
It is so funny when artist don't know what they are painting.
>"Like the Germans, the British employed the services of this
warlike people, who had long dominated the arid interior.
Apart from the lion's mane headdress worn by the figures
in the background, Masai warriors wore nothing more than
a skin cloak, leaving them, as the Victorian explorer Joseph
Thomson delicately expressed it, ready alike for love or for
war. The spear and sword were useful against wild beasts,
if not a rifle-armed soldier. The shield pattern
showed the wearer's clan and status: the small 'suns'
indicated the number of men he had killed in battle."
We need more threads like this on /his/
>>315039
>>322504
They still exist, go to East Africa and look at some of the ethnic groups who are over 6 feet on average.
>>320388
Say what you want but in the end of the day the cross shaped straight sword is the more aesthetically pleasing, specially in this case where it got nice decoration.
Over the top weird stuff is great precisely because it's shocking and new, but it's less beautiful.
>>322754
Benin and Nigerian confirmed for black masterrace. In no time you will see those countries top China
>>315039
/thread
>>315039
WE
>>324068
Alright guys STOP THE DISCUSSION NOW!
this guy say /thread. we're done here.
>>324064
I see Nigeria being a hybrid of slums and cyberpunk in the next 40 years. Think of Afro-Futurism, but real.
I just hope that "DNA lengthening your lifespan" thing works out.
http://www.livescience.com/2209-organism-lives-10-times-long-genetic-tinkering.html
http://www.livescience.com/2209-organism-lives-10-times-long-genetic-tinkering.html
>>324238
I lived in Nigeria for four years, and I can definitely see where you're coming from. The contrast between invasive mobile tech and extreme poverty was ridiculous. More cyberpunk than anything I'd seen in the States.
>>320668
10/10 would collect and then awkwrdly explain to others about how thy're actually not novelty blades that I bought at a gunshow.
Also, good job rising above the shitposting /his/.
>>315599
They have more genetics from other homonid ancestors. Homo Denisovan to be precise I think.
Like how Europeans have more Neanderthal.
>>322184
All wars and arms races are dick-measuring contests. Name one single weapon out there that isn't phallic.
>clubs
>spears
>arrows
>maces
>swords
>guns
>blowguns
>rockets
>>322699
underrated
>>325441
>lol it extends further in latitude/longitude than it does in longitude/latitude
>looks like a DICK LOL
sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Freud
opinions on the new african civilizations on AoEII?
>>325579
can you STOP posting this? It's shit.
>>316468
Doesn't look very practical, but i like it.
From which culture is it?
>>325441
>clubs
>spears
>arrows
>maces
>swords
how effective do you think those weapons would have been if they where shaped as tits or vagoos?
>guns
so your dick looks like a gun?
thats messed up bro
>blowguns
i can get that
but it also has to be a straigth hollow tube otherwise it wouldent work
>rockets
if vaginas where more areodynamic then dicks i can assure you that 40 000$ rockets would be shaped like vaginas
>>317207
bet you couldent even cock it
>>325575
Nein
>how to strike fear
You know what I REALLY REALLY HATE.
Countries that have a Lion (Euro, Asiatic, African) as a national animal even though they never had them currently or historically.
It's like the 12 inch dick of national animals.
You say whats a big dick size/what size of dick do you desire everyone goes for 12 inches.
You want majestic and proud animals people beeline for Lions.
Muh 12 inch Dick more like MUH MANE, My Man!
>>327430
That is scary af
I'd rather be a garbage man than work at a grocery store tbth
>>327489
It's funny cuz Africans consider the ELEPHANT to be king of the beasts
>>325441
>t. female poster
>>327489
The lion entered Europe as a symbol because it represents Jesus (and in some cases some saints, but it's mostly Jesus in the flags and emblems of nations).
>>327489
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_lion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lions_in_Europe
>>324238
West Africa like Nigeria and Ghana in general is going to be interesting, if not terrifying to watch the next decades with all the rapid top heavy economic growth and the sky high birth rates. With one's like Nigeria already being overpopulated it's really like cyberpunk waiting to happen but black.
Considering the coastline of Africa doesn't have much in the way of natural harbors and tends to begin with high cliffs, brown water navies were far more popular.
War canoes could hold up to 40 rowers, 100 warriors, and cannons as well. These made for lightning fast raids, like in southern Nigeria, On many occasions they fended off British warships by blockading narrow creeks and waterways, and in disputes with the colonial regime or European merchants, shut down trade on the Benin river for several months. Piracy actually existed along the waterways, engaging boats taking goods to the coast as well as terrorizing unprepared villages.
As far as infantry warfare goes it was like everywhere else. The Mandingo horsemen of Liberia for example were said to call out to fearful or fleeing infantry opponents with two options: "Stand and you are a slave; run and you are a corpse.". Well disciplined spearmen and archers were able to sometimes stand their ground against cavalry in the sahel. In 1804 the Fulani jihadist declared war on the Hausa city state of Gobir. Now the Fulani were always horse riding pastoralists, but at this point in history they got tired of being treated like everyone's monkeyboys (In Yorubaland Fulani slaves were often used for milking cows exclusively. Something about it grossed the Yoruba out.) and began widespread conquests under the leadership of the fanatical Usman Dan Fodio. King Yunfa of Gobir was panicked about the strength of his former teacher Usman and asked his rival Hausa cities for aid. At the battle of Tsuntua in December of 1804 the Hausa were victorious against the Fulani horde, killing over 2,000 Fulani and scattering their forces. Didn't really matter in the long run since the Fulani seized the key cities of Kabbi and Gwandu the next year.
>>324238
>imperial starfleet
Top heresy
B-b-but /pol/ told me niggers couldn't into metallurgy and advanced warfare weapons :(
>>327922
That's what I meant by
>(Euro, Asiatic, African Lions)
the 3 types
>>328494
>orc-tier rape sticks
>advanced weaponry
>>325587
Why?
The horsemen of Gobir initially laughed at the Fulani for their incompetence at using cavalry tactics, and were met with massed arrow fire at the battle of Tabkin Kwotto. The Fulani held formation in a densely wooded area and left one flank of the army on a lake. Normally the Fulani used archers skirmishers but this time they arranged themselves into a tight square. Their bows eventually broke the formations of the Hausa, even in spite of their heavy armor.
Usman Dan Fodio wrote about the tactics his soldiers employed. Infantry wielded large elephant or hippo hide & wood shields with lances and javelins. Archers stood behind them with orders to aim for horses or more preferably the men riding them. Once the enemy broke, the Fulani infantry would split and let THEIR cavalry raise hell. These tactics were old fashioned, and when the English and French invaded the sahel they found it a quaint memory of their own knightly history.
>>328545
Whenever Bethesda decides to make Elder Scrolls VI: Hammerfell.
>>328533
I thought black people never domesticated horses.
>>328581
The horse was adopted by Sahelians, likely the same way native Americans did.
By "breaking" feral horses that's why there traditionally was no saddle or they would cut the backs of horse until the bled and attached themselves naked almost eventually creating a large callous to sit on.
That or like a goat skin.
The Mali empire's army was headed by 16 noble clan leaders called "ton-ta-jon-ta-ni-woro" or "the sixteen slaves that carry the bow". Each was a quiver master or "Ton-Tigi". In Mandinka culture the bow represents war, like the sword in European cultures.
Horon is the Mandinka term for freemen. Horon armored cavalry were called Mandekalu. Mandekalu were the elite warriors of society: knights if you will. They were given horses by a Ton-Tigi. These men fought with sabers, lances, and imported long swords. By the time Mansa Musa took the throne Mali fielded about 10,000 of these knights.
Ton-Tigi functioned like feudal lords. Infantry were all freemen as well, slaves could only carry equipment and provide meals. But as the empire expanded and aged slaves were used as units too. Each tribe under Mali's power was expected to give a certain number of freemen to the army. The overwhelming majority of the 90,000 infantry were Mandinka.
But if needed be the Mansa had the authority given by the great council to summon peasant levies.
By the time Ibn Battuta stopped by for a visit there was an elite corps called the Farari who served as Ton-Tigi and defended far off provinces. Farimba were men resembling European Imperial Governers. Non-Mandinka rulers answered to them, and they always had the final say if local policy went against the law of the Mansa. The Duukunasi were soldiers who backed up the authority of the Farimba.
Sofa (Horse-father) were originally slaves meant for the purpose of caring for horses. These men followed Ton-Tigui on foot and provided support in the form of baggage carrying. Over time Sofa came to be used as a means of securing the loyalty of governors who were getting too big for their britches. Sofa were supplied with weapons and armor by the state, unlike Ton-Tigui who bought/inherited their own as a point of honor.
The Farari could wield huge influence. See, they were divided into a northern and southern command. In 1599 both commanders ignored the Mansa's request for aid and he was crushed at the siege of Djenne. The Mossi people were considered a great thorn in the side of Mali, always rushing out of the Volta river basin to plunder the wealth of Mali and retreating. They were born in the saddle and Mansa Musa compared their behavior to the Mongols when he learned about them in Egypt.
The Mandinka has an interesting code of honor. Old men can't fight young men and vice versa, it was forbidden to fight a man who admitted he felt scared of you, and one had to allow their foe time to completely prepare for battle etc. One Mandinka warrior even allowed his enemy to return home and bring something he needed before their duel commenced.
>>328600
They just bought em mostly.
Over time a breed of scruffy native horses developed, but they were smaller and weaker than Arabian breeds.
>>329887
This is actually extremely false.
The West African pony is an adapted species from the Sahel completely unlike the Arabian breeds of the North.
Please don't speak unless you actually know about the subject.
>>315039
fucking kekd
Coolest muthafawking sword in existance
>This glorious motherfucker not posted yet
>>315039
Absolute kek
>>315039
>>330259
I didn't say they developed from arabian breeds
>>331910
Arabians are the breeds that dominate North Africa, west African ponies are distinct from all breeds of horses and ponies in North Africa.
>>317489
That's how look the children of pure white people abducted by black brutes
>>331938
That was the point
The Mossi fought in raiding units of 10 to 15 men. And Mossi king delegated supreme command on expeditions to a field commander, or tansoba. Informants or scouts would locate a settlement or caravan. The raiding force took advantage of terrain, screening their approach, and utilizing knowledge of supply points like watering holes. March order was typically single file, until the target was spotted. The horsemen then charged, usually encircling the target, seizing slaves and cattle, and making a quick retreat. In bigger expeditions, a more formal battle order was taken. Infantry skirmishers, who were usually considered expendable, formed a vanguard to engage the enemy. The cavalry next charged, organized into three units, right, center and left. If the initial infantry attack was unsuccessful, the cavalry might retreat, leaving the infantry to its own fate, or helping them if so ordered by the force commander.
Mali was always dealing with their incursions from the south as well as those of the Tuareg raiders to the north. The Volta basin is poor in riches and the Mossi had to make a living somehow.
Consider the following:
In the early clashes with thc British and the Boers, Basotho riflemen were hopelessly outclassed. Their aim was wild, and their bullets fell short. In one of the early engagemcnts of the war of 1865, somc 2,000 Sotho charged to within 100 yards of a Boer line and loosed a volley-which hit only one horse. When the Boers returned the fire, they killed 65 Sotho.
tl;dr africans can't into guns
>>332736
The Dahomeans were well trained riflemen and the Ashanti even managed to best or evenly match the British a few times
>>332736
By the time of the Gun War the situation had begun to change. Diggers at Kimberley were offering a gun in payment for a season's work, and modern breech-loaders such as Sniders and Enfields attracted more labourers than antiquated flintlocks. Other new labour-intensive industries, such as building railways, did not pay in guns, but it was relatively easy for workers to exchange their wages for them. Despite official disapproval of this trade, and a fear of black uprising amongst the settlers, it was particularly effective at securing labour.
So many guns passed into African hands that the Sotho came to regard possession ofa gun as an essential mark of manhood.
>>322713
>>332774
>asante
>good marksmen
That depends on how you look at it. I quote:
By late 1800s, guns were the universal arm of the Asante, but like most African warriors they had problems obtaining spare parts and ammunition. To some extent these were overcome by using home-produced powder and bullets, though the powder was coarse, and the danger of guns exploding remained very real.
Such guns had a range of 200 yards, but in fact few marksmen could aim with accuracy beyond 30 yards, and the Aigh t ofthe slug was often erratic. Weather conditions did not help since humidity and sudden downpours could both ruin the powder.
It goes on to say that none of this really mattered because, in jungle war-fare, visibility was limited anyway and skirmishes were very close-quartered.
The book is "Queen Victoria's Enemies: North Africa" from the Osprey series.
>>332776
>tfw you will never visit the Wild Wild West Africa... why even live?
>>332809
Valid point.
Still, they did pretty well with their means.
>>322713
Powder and shot were carried in ornate war-belts made of hide. The belts carried gourds for the powder, and wooden containers for the shot. Knives were also often attached the belt: though they might be used in hand-to-hand combat, their chief function was to remove the head of a fallen enemy, which was a prize trophy. Human skulls and bones decorated Asante war-drums, conferring something of the spiritual power of the victim on the army.
The area was so dangerous, both because of the climate and hostilities with the asante, that it was nicknamed "The White Man's Grave".
Going to post some South African military hardware.
Starting with the G-6 Rhino. Armed with a 155mm cannon, this howitzer has a firing range of up to 42 kilometers and has been exported to both the United Arab Emirates and Botswana. As you can see, this inovative design has the driver's hatch integrated to the chassis, leaving him protected to sniper and small arms fire.
South Africa pt. 2
The MQ-8 Steadi Drone is the first African drone to be developed and has the capacity of identifying human signatures from the flight altitude of 2.8 kilometers. It uses sensors that were developed in joint research with Nigeria and is capable of carrying a payload of two Paveway bombs or 4 Hellfire AGMs.
>>332889
war drum
South Africa pt. 3
The Vektor R4 is a standard issue assault rifle for South African ground and naval infantry forces. South Africa has already supplied countless guerrilas in Africa with this rifle, profiting from civil wars like that of Rwanda. It weights 4.3 kilograms but lighter variants like the R6 can weight as few as 3 kg, about the same as an AK-47. It fires 5.56 x 45 mm NATO rounds
>>332908
I read that drum signals were so quick that news about Sudan could reach Ghana or Senegal in about a week
The Umkhonto is a South African family of modern short to medium range, all-weather capable vertical launch surface-to-air missiles manufactured . The missile and associated subsystems are supplied as a missile group for easy integration into naval combat suites or ground-based air defence systems and can intercept targets in a radius of up 60 kilometers
Last one for now.
The Ratel is a multi role vehicle developed in South Africa capable of perfoming a wide role of missions, from 20mm fire support, quick reaction force transport, command and radar jamming electronical warfare operations
>>320295
Anon, the filename.
I think you should check it.
>>315039
Fuck I was gonna post that. Oh well, here's a pic of Africa contribution to architecture.
>>333329
Nah, how about real African Architecture.
Some Italian asshole blew them up in a treasure hunt though.
>>333367
Forgot the picture.
>>333395
Relief of the Lion God Apedemak, made by Africans
>>333425
Remains of a temple.
>>333329
ebin :^)
WE
amirite?
>>333429
Another temple before destruction
>>333447
The ancient city
>>333458
Looks like the racist shits have gone silent.
>>333425
>>333429
>>333447
>>333458
>>333479
You do realize that sudanese people aren't "black".
Pic related.
>>333500
You do realise that the modern population of Sudan is different because of several invasions, you do realise that the ancient population of Sudan was literally coal black, and the remnants of these people still exist.
I have spent the last 4 months studying Ancient Sudan, i know that's an appeal to authority, but i know my shit.
>>322713
>That fly ass helmet on number 3
This thread is wonderful by the way. Really makes me want to read up some more about these civilizations
>>316463
THAT is the most pathetic crossbow I ever saw. Greeks had them 2300 years ago.
Oh, and also, when not stretched, the bow should be almost straight. I think what you showed us is pure bullshit, not even a weapon. It does not even have a trigger mechanism...
>>332908
Is that a human skull on the top?
That's fucking hardcore
>>317489
Take away the nose ring and I would enrich her.
>>333513
I see you are defeated and resorting to insults.
Get rekt.
Black Africans had a great civilisation in Sudan and you can't accept it.
>>333513
ebin, simply ebin
>>333556
>I see you are defeated
I'm not at all defeated.
The burden of proof is on you that the Sudanese people were a proud race of black people until evil mohammeds from the north genocided them and stole their culture.
I'll be patiently waiting.
>>333565
Egyptian art work shows that the Kushites, who had the Kingdom of Kush, which made everything i posted, were extremely black.
From around the 2nd Century AD the Kushite civilisation began to decline for various reasons, and the population declined sharply, In the 4th century AD the Noba people invaded the region from the west, they were lighter skinned Africans. A few centuries later the Axumites invaded and inhabited the region. They were lighter skinned Ethiopian types. And then of course you have the Islamic invasions, as well as a gradual fusion with Egyptians.
>The burden of proof is on you that the Sudanese people were a proud race of black people until evil mohammeds from the north genocided them and stole their culture.
This is a nice childish response. I never said evil Muslims, i didn't even mention anyone, i just said there had been several invasions, which their had been.
>>333596
More Kushites
>>333604
Kushites at the top.
>>315652
The overall shape of those things makes them look like their intended use is to serve more or less as machetes, but the intricacy of the design makes them look like they were quite expensive things that people who don't do manual labor would have.
I am confused.
>>333612
Another Kushite
Note the characteristic black hair type as well
>>333513
Nubians still exist in Northern Sudan you fucking retard.
>>333631
Do those people look black to you?
>>333513
ebin
>>333623
Kushite soldiers accurately modeled, from an Egyptian tomb.
>>333631
They aren't the same as the ancient Kushites though.
>>333647
>>333659
Kushites before the Pharaoh, i think. Notice how the other man is clearly brown, the skin colours are accurate.
>>333630
From a bit of googling, I found this link where studies showing that the ancient nubians had about 50% eurasian DNA are quoted :
https://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/boring-dna-evidence-from-ancient-nubians/
Turns out nubians might've been more cracka than we think.
>>333668
Last one. We see some brown in this, indicating that they were not all the same colour and varied as people do, but it seems the majority were very dark.
The same extremely dark people still exist in Sudan today.
The Ancient pyramid building civilisation of the Kushites was Black, African, and native.
>>333556
Salut
>>333659
>Kushite
You do realize that ZH has corrected people a billion times about this?
The Egyptians, Nubians and Kushites were not the same people, but the Egyptians conquered them and assimilated them.
This was proven via the "Races Of Man" iconography with accompanying text in the Tomb of Seti I.
>>333677
If we take those paintings at face value, I guess the ancient black nubians had blonde hair and blue eyes...
>>333513
>we wuz Japhetic Aryan Caucaso-Somalids n shit
>>333733
It happens.
>>333632
Considering you have lighter folk who are black and the American definition yes.
>>333913
Those are people with mixed ancestry.
>>333632
>>333513
>muh no true nigger
>>333513
Holy fuck.
What is it about Africa that causes this many shitposters to frenzy?
You never see this much vitriol against any other region.
>>333545
The Ashanti king coated the skull of a defeated British officer with gold and used it as a drinking cup/trophy.
>>333524
Nope. We've found way more specimens everywhere from Nigeria to what is now Angola.
>>334041
Citation?
>>333617
African swords were overwhelmingly slicing and chopping weapons.
They were symbols of authority and social status unlike the spear any schmuck had. Many swords were meant for ceremonies exclusively. Like the leaf shaped swords of Edo chieftains.
>>334065
https://books.google.com/books?id=SsUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA633&lpg=PA633&dq=african+crossbows&source=bl&ots=CcMKi0kFk7&sig=jaJn9qsH7xjW13cRa3fkhXp9ojU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmqN_CwrnJAhUTNIgKHbH-BpQQ6AEIRjAL#v=onepage&q=african%20crossbows&f=false
>>334105
>https://books.google.com/books?id=SsUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA633&lpg=PA633&dq=african+crossbows&source=bl&ots=CcMKi0kFk7&sig=jaJn9qsH7xjW13cRa3fkhXp9ojU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmqN_CwrnJAhUTNIgKHbH-BpQQ6AEIRjAL#v=onepage&q=african%20crossbows&f=false
That citation is missing a date citation.
#intentionallymisleadingbias
#fail
>>334105
> 16 pages
> 1911
>>334126
It was written in 1911
Mr. Balfur extensively cited his sources as well.
>>334134
You're attacking the number of pages and date it was composed on.
Do you have an actual argument?
>>334105
So this webpage summarize the content of your article
http://www.bestcrossbowsource.com/history-of-the-crossbow-origins-and-evolution/
It is not really a crossbow. Merely a bow with a wooden stock. You pinch the string and pull it, then release it.
> 3.5 inches maximum draw length
This is a joke
>>334151
>>334154
You don't even bother reading your own sources.
See pic "NOT AFRICAN INVENTION"
>>334151
Your own source calls them crossbows
>>334170
Did you read the post? I said they were introduced by the Portuguese.
If you hate niggers cool, but don't pretend like you're concerned about history here.
>>334177
It is called a crossbow only because it looks like a crossbow.
>>334209
They're called crossbows because they have a mechanism for drawing and releasing the string
Common sense
>>334199
That wasn't the argument.
The argument was
>africans invented crossbows a kajillion years before everyone else
Stop pretending you're intelligent.
You're skitzo and and have A.D.D.
Why? You're not being consistent.
>>334239
Who posted that? Show me.
I said tribes like the Yoruba wielded crossbows after their introduction by the Portuguese and it caught on.
Learn to read you idiot.
>>334239
> According to Henry Balfour, crossbows were present in West Africa as early as 1861
Well ok I misread the article. These crossbows appeared in Africa during the 19th century. That's a fucking joke. 19th century.
They appeared during the 19th century and still these are retarded crossbows.
>>334282
Are you blind?
>>333992
Because it has black people living in it. That's literally it.
>>334317
>in a "Blacks are Superior Thread"
>>315029
>In this thread post historical African weapons.
>I've wanted to learn more about them and combat techniques, military strategies, etc.
Fucking autist.
>>334273
>The probability of the crossbow having been introduced into W. Africa by Europeans in the sixteenth or seventeenth century becomes almost a certainty when we know that the structural details of the African forms are actually those of certain European crossbows.
Balfour
>>334273
Are you illiterate bruh?
>>316468
>Blessed Dragon Bone Smasher +5
>>334273
>The probability of the crossbow having been introduced into W. Africa by Europeans in the sixteenth or seventeenth century becomes almost a certainty
>mfw
>>334317
You're just pulling shit out of your ass to argue a point nobody ever asserted.
You are an idiot.
>Blacks are Superior Thread
Holy fuck. This thread is about African weapons and warfare history.
Take your inferiority complex elsewhere.
Nobody shitposts in Napoleonic warfare threads about "white supremacy".
>>325579
buggy as shit, almost unplayable as is.
Pretty good content though, Portuguese are baller.
>>328545
Guild Wars Nightfall
>>333819
Not in Numidia it doesn't.
>>334091
>swords were meant for ceremonies exclusively
this meme
>>334455
>sixteenth or seventeenth century
Euros had the c-bow in like 1066 or some shit, and I think the Chinamen before them.
>>334473
>Nobody shitposts in Napoleonic warfare threads about "white supremacy".
DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS.
>>334515
Many swords. Many.
Not all.
>>334496
>>328545
>>328556
Shit, I'd play it.
>crafting fetishes to perform magic
>allowing spirits to possess you for cool powers
>funky swords
>battling with witches, bush demons, cannibals, foreign armies from the north, zombies, and wild beasts
>trekking across savanna, jungle, mountains, and deserts
>>334525
There were small crossbows during the later Roman Empire used for hunting. The Picts had them.
>>328556
They already did part of the Hammerfell region in Daggerfall, Redguard, Arena.
>>334572
literally guild wars nightfall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJN-rt8DGTc
go play it now
>>333700
Realise what? Of course the Nubians aren't actually the Kushites, the term Nubian comes much later and has anachronistically been applied to the whole region from well before. The correct term is kushites, and they were black.
>>333733
We can take those paintings at face value, they show every one else with accurate skin, but somehow the blacks are wrong. But I'd like to see some of these Blacks with blonde hair and blue eyes..
Racists BTFO and cant accept that a true black civilisation existed
>>333329
>>318196
>It's why jews look so weird.
Nah. Jewish "look weird" because their largely unique genetic combination. Ashkenazim are roughly 50% northern European, and 50% Southern European-Near Eastern.
>>316056
Grassland, not rainforest.
>>315029
The west africans had the most retarded weapons imaginable. They actual armies were more reasonable even if useless, but their personal weapons were full retard.
We east africans mingled a lot with middle easteners so they shared a lot of their military tactics.
The rest had sticks.
>>319742
It's really just racism, much of it unintentional. People assume Africa was just "tribes" of identical black people all living the same way for 30,000 years. An enormous amount of posters truly believe that West Africa was "stone age", and there's that guy here who insists that black Africans never domesticated cattle.
People have a very strong, very incomplete view of Africa and it's difficult to shake that. If you believe that black Africans are innately inferior, it's impossible to shake any misconceptions about the region.
>>322642
It's interesting how their armor is almost exclusively against cutting weapons.
One would think the prevalent of the spear would bring forth a more european armor design.
>>328632
do you know anything about ghana, or pre islam west africa?
>>332776
>So many guns passed into African hands that the Sotho came to regard possession ofa gun as an essential mark of manhood.
Oh god, that explains modern gun-worship
>>315652
these africans have curved swords
CURVED SWORDS
