“Qin Shihuang also improved the military,
despite the fact that it had already undergone extensive reforms. The
military used the most advanced weaponry of the time. The invention of
the
sword during the Warring States Period was a great
advance. It was first used mostly in bronze form, but by the third
century BC, the Qin were using stronger iron swords. The demand for
metal this produced resulted in improved
bellows. The cross had been introduced in the fifth century BC and was more powerful and
accurate than the
composite bows used earlier. It could also be rendered
ineffective by removing two pins, which prevented enemies from capturing
a working crossbow”
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