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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]

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. 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.

6. 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]

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8. Swordstaff - Wikipedia

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   Chinese polearms that resembled swordstaves were also commonly used in ancient China from the late Warring States/Qin dynasty to the Han dynasty era. These were known as the pi (鈹), translated into English as either "sword-staff" or "long lance", and a long bladed ranseur-like swordstaff weapon called the sha (鎩) with a blade that was around 62 cm (24 in) long (up to 80 cm (31 in) long ...

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