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The acinaces, also transliterated as akinakes (Greek ἀκῑνάκης) or akinaka (unattested Old Persian *akīnaka h, Sogdian kynʼk) is a type of dagger or xiphos (short sword) used mainly in the first millennium BCE in the eastern Mediterranean Basin, especially by the Medes, [1] Scythians, Persians and Caspians, [2] then by the Greeks.
Scythian comb dated to the 4th Century BC Scythian forged bronze arrowheads, c700-300 BC. The Scythians emerged as a people prior to the 7th Century BC, when they were first mentioned in historical records. [1] The Scythian civilization consisted of a number of distinct tribal groups scattered across the Pontic Steppes, Caucasus, and Central ...
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Swords of Asia by country (7 C) B. British service swords (9 P) R. Roman swords (6 P) U. Swords of the United States (15 P) This page was last edited on 28 November ...
The Scythian culture was an Iron Age archaeological culture which flourished on the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe from about 700 BC to 200 AD. It is associated with the Scythians, Cimmerians, and other peoples inhabiting the region of Scythia, and was part of the wider Scytho-Siberian world. [1] [2] [3] [4]
This list of practice weapons, is of weapons specifically designed for practice in different martial arts from around the world.Unlike those in the list of martial arts weapons article, many of which are designed to be effective weapons, generally those listed here are blunted or otherwise designed for safe regular practice and training.
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The La Tene culture reintroduced the sword, which was very different from the traditional shape and construction of the Bronze Age and early Iron Age, and much more like the later swords that developed from them [citation needed]. The iron version of the Scythian/Persian Acinaces appears from ca. the 6th century BC.