Tools and Weapons

The use of bronze axe, xiao and ben etc, was the symbol of the development of the productive level. These tools of production played a important role in the development of agriculture and handicraft industry. The unearthed bronze ges, spears, swords, arrowheads and shields showed the high frequency of wars at that time. The nobles attached importance to wars and offering sacrifices to gods (or ancestors). The Duke of the Guo Vassal State Knowledgable and powerful,was often ordered by the King Zhou Dynasty to go on punitive expedition. And these ges and spears were major weapon at that time.

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