>>64133214
> Found the historilet, flats as commonly depicted simply did not exist.
NTA but historylet Redditor detected.
EVERY culture has a weapon like the flail. The Mongols had the kisten, the Persians the kabastin, the Japanese the chigiriki, the Chinese had a half-dozen different types including the famous meteor hammer, and I could go on all day. They're also very well attested in European art and sculpture from the 14th through the 17th centuries.
There's one pop-history article that claims that these weapons were myths, but it selectively cherry-picks evidence to support its very weak claim, and it shouldn't be taken seriously. Of course retarded Redditors just took it and ran with it.