Bro-akh spears & Bro-ash shields

A strange weapon only known by the brutal name bro-akh <ʙoʔax> (have fun pronouncing that) has worked it's way into the standard equipment for the loyalist army during the Market war. Originally from the fourth push for Thrabra-abokh these weird-looking spears were invented to work with Bro-ash shields. The shields are an expansion on our previous shield design. The shield has become more rectangular shaped but still kept the semicircle holes on the sides to allow the Bro-akh to be used from behind the shield. The Bro-ash has also grown in size so a man can stand behind it while also mostly remain hidden except for his head.

The Bro-akh is a very strange weapon, filling a niche roll. The weapon itself could be described as a spear three times the length of a man's forearm, the tip having teeth made out of bronze. A third of the war up the spear there is a handle sticking 90 degrees up from the main shaft large enough for a man to hold onto it with a wooden plate in front of it to protect the user's hand. There are also two cloth straps that are tied to the user's forearms to create a better grip on the weapon. But how is the Bro-akh used? The user holds it in his left hand what standing shoulder-to-shoulder with other soldiers as so their shields touch to form a wall, then, the user stabs the Bro-akh through the shield-hole to his left.

Dirt roads

As the trade rivers of the Rewbokh fill with blood of battles fought (both on boats and land) armies took to taking land routes less traveled on. Several of these routes became so popular that the dirt was matted down. Eventually this method was picked up to connect the out-of-reach places in the kingdom.

Bows

What's this? Another innovation in weapons from the Market Wars? Of course it is.

Nobody knows when exactly bows were developed but they became widely used outside of Paknaa in the attack on Thobnarabokh, where two rebel armies tried for a desperate push deep into loyalist territory to take the capital of Thobnarabokh. While the northern army sailed up the grand canal the southern army marched along the Copper river. While marching they arrived close to the mountains by Paknaa where they were ambushed by the mysterious people of the fortress they call a city using these strange weapons that shoot small spears.

Water wheels

One of the weirdest creations to come out of the Market War, these devices to move water were designed after the defense system created to repel the attacking force in the attack on Thobnarabokh by the rebel forces. [M] I will discuss said defense in another post, all you need to know it was a big cow-powered water wheel to disturb the canal's water[/m] After the attack, the loyalists left the defense wheel up, and in fact, it's still up to this day slowly turning. Anyways, the farmers and people left noticed this effect that it spun on it's own and it was determined that the water was the cause of it turning. Quickly afterwards the defense wheel was re-created in other places (most notably farms and along the canals to create drinking water) to move water up vertically.

Outriggers

As sails overtook rowers as the main way to move ships the small canoes on the outside slowly changed into outriggers to keep the boat stable and stop it from flipping over.

Steals

Multiplication and division/Fractions and decimals

In the aftermath of the Market War and the stable contact with the Tao-Lei, it was noticed that their merchants use advanced mathematics to calculate prices and amounts to sell. These systems were studied and quickly picked up and used in Rewbokh land.