Bronze Age (2000 To 1000 BC)
- c.20th century BC – Murals in tomb 15 at Beni Hasan, depicting wrestling techniques.
- c.18th century BC – the Babylonian Gilgamesh epic includes the major hand-held weapons (sword, axe, bow and spear) used prior to the gunpowder era.
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