Early History
- Bronze Age sword
- Khopesh (Egyptian)
- Iron Age sword
- Xiphos (Greek term for the Iron Age sword)
- Asi (Sanskrit term for the Iron Age sword)
- Makhaira (Ancient Greek sabre)
- Falcata/Kopis (swords with forward-curving blade)
- Celtic sword
- Acinaces (Persian short sword)
- Harpe (Greek mythology)
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