In the Medieval era, many knights used armor to
             To defend themselves, they used weapons such as
             swords, maces, axes, lances, nets, crossbows and a
             variety of other crude but effective weaponry.
             The above is explained in greater detail below:
             Armor is equipment of various materials used to
             protect the body in combat. The oldest protective
             device of armor is the shield, but the earliest body
             armor was a wide belt worn to protect the abdomen,
             invented by the Egyptians in 3000 BC. They later
             developed the belt into a wrap-round garment
             covering the wearer from his armpits to his knees. It
             was held up by shoulder straps and contained no
             In 1400 BC, Syrians improved this wrap-around
             garment by reinforcing it with bronze scales sewn
             onto a fabric backing or laced together in flexible
             The Samarians were the first to introduce the helmet,
             in 3000 BC. It was basically a tight-fitting cap made
             of copper. The Assyrians improved the helmet by
             In the 11th century, a knight's armor consisted of a
             thigh-length shirt of mail with elbow-length sleeves
             and a helmet complete with nose-guard. In the 12th
             century, it gained a hood of mail and the sleeves were
             extended to full-length, ending in mittens. Mail
             chausses protected the legs. A mail shirt contained up
             to 250,000 metal rings and weighed about 25 pounds!
             TIn the 11th century, the oval-shaped shield was
             modified to a longer form with a sharp lower point to
             protect the horseman from eye to knee. In the 12th
             century, the face-covering visor was developed and
             added to the helmet, thus modifying the shield aga
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