Prehistoric Warfare

Prehistoric war is defined as all war which took place before writing and the institution of large "social entities" like countries, and states. Come of the differing types of warfare were tribal warfare, bronze age warfare, and iron age warfare. These all consisted of large groups of people united for a cause against another rivaling group. Sometimes, war was waged for land, other times for money, and in some cases for the sole purpose of defense. 

Tribal warfare is described as smallish groups of people fighting one another with weapons like spears, throwing spears, axes, and clubs. These weapons were often created from stone and wood, with other materials, such as vines to bind them. Upon the discovery of the metal copper, these tribes began to grow in military might, and overall influential power. The discovery of copper brought forth the copper age, when metal daggers, axes, swords, and arrows (which were shot from longbows) became instigated. Copper weapons existed for many centuries before iron was discovered. This was an outstanding breakthrough because iron is stronger, more malleable and it is lighter. After this discovery, warfare was completely renovated and forever changed.