User blog comment:El Alamein/Sargon of Akkad vs. Ashurbanipal/@comment-422690-20140427150628

So...

Close: Iron Sword wins. First off, is the "14-inch" thing a typo? 'cause that's gigantic for a dagger. Second off, we have a no-contest Iron vs Bronze in terms of metallurgy. Iron is so vastly superior to Bronze that it's not even funny. This metallurgic superiority is, historically, one of the largest causes for the Assyrian Empire's dominance. Edge: Ashurbanipal

Mid: Iron Spear wins. It's got an extra foot on the shaft and an iron tip rather than a bronze one, all for just a half pound more in weight? The bronze spear is simply outclassed here. Edge: Ashurbanipal

Long Range: Composite Bow and Arrow wins. Composite bows are just simply better in terms of draw weight and firepower than self-bows. They're harder to make and maintain, but this isn't likely to come into play in this short skirmish. And copper arrowheads... lolfail. Copper is a terrible metal to use in warfare; it's so malleable at that it's not going to penetrate armor. (And before anyone brings up modern armor penetration, that's molten copper traveling at far higher speeds than bows are capable of shooting.) Edge: Ashurbanipal.

Special: Javelin wins. While I'm generally not too fond of throwing weapons larger than a foot in length, it's at least better than a sling. Edge: Sargon of Akkad

X-Factors: Sargon has an average of 79.4, while Ashurbanipal has an average of 80.2. Ashurbanipal gets this one, barely.

Overall: Overall, Ashurbanipal gets this fairly easily. This battle very nicely demonstrates why the Assyrians were so incredibly successful; not only their leaders and strategy, but their technology advantage. Those iron weapons with shear straight through the bronze or copper (lol) used by Sargon's forces. Asurbanipal can even pull off what no one on the Deadliest Warrior show has (not sure about DFWiki history, though): win with a sling.