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What was the first weapon made exclusively for warfare?

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In “How the Irish Saved Civilization”, Thomas Cahill suggests that fairies and elves in Irish myth and folklore are based on the indigenous peoples who they originally displaced. Is this theory supported, and if so, are there other cultures where this phenomenon occurred?	18