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2. Acinaces - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Iron Age sword - Wikipedia

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   [8] [9] Peirce and Oakeshott in Swords of the Viking Age note that the potential for bending may have been built in to avoid shattering, writing that "a bending failure offers a better chance of survival for the sword's wielder than the breaking of the blade...there was a need to build a fail-safe into the construction of a sword to favor ...

4. Types of swords - Wikipedia

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   Acinaces (Scythian short sword) Chereb (חֶרֶב ‎, modern Hebrew khérev): ancient Israelite sword mentioned 413 times in the Hebrew Bible. [1] The Ancient Greeks and Romans also introduced various types of swords, see #Ancient Europe.

5. Template:Swords by region - Wikipedia

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   View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This page was last edited on 1 May 2024, ...

6. Shamshir - Wikipedia

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   The curved "scimitar" sword family includes the shamshir, kilij, talwar, pulwar, and nimcha. A shamshir shekargar (Persian: شمشیر شکارگر, romanized: shamshir-e shekârgar, lit. 'hunters' sword or hunting sword') is the same as a shamshir, except the blade is engraved and decorated, usually with hunting scenes. [1]

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8. Makhaira - Wikipedia

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   Homer mentions the makhaira, but as a domestic knife of no great size. [1] In period texts, μάχαιρα has a variety of meanings, and can refer to virtually any knife or sword, even a surgeon's scalpel, but in a martial context it frequently refers to a type of one-edged sword; a sword designed primarily to cut rather than thrust. [2]

9. Swordsmanship - Wikipedia

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   Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing , but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword.