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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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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.