Ancient swords are the bladed weapons of the ancient world, forged in bronze and iron for infantry and cavalry before the medieval period. A weapon belongs here when the infobox of its cited article names it a sword and the weapon is placed in the ancient period. It excludes medieval and later swords, which sit in the later period groups. Weapons in this group are placed by what their own cited article states, so a visitor browsing ancient swords sees only systems whose sources name that role, and can compare them across eras, makers and the forces that used them.
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Wikipedia: Tsurugi (sword)
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Wikipedia: Khopesh
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Wikipedia: Gladius
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Wikipedia: Falcata
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The falcata is a type of sword typical of pre-Roman Iberia.
Wikipedia: Jian
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The jian (simplified Chinese: 剑; traditional Chinese: 劍, Mandarin Chinese: [tɕjɛ̂n], Cantonese: [kim˧], English approximation: jyehn) is a Chinese term referring to all double-edged straight sword.
Dao (Chinese sword) - Wikipedia
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Dao (pronunciation: [táʊ], English approximation: dow, Chinese: 刀; pinyin: dāo; jyutping: dou1) are single-edged Chinese swords, primarily used for slashing and chopping.
Wikipedia: Sica
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The sica (plural siccae) is a short sword or large dagger of ancient Illyrians, Thracians, and Dacians; it was also used in ancient Rome.
Wikipedia: Makhaira
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The makhaira is a type of Ancient Greek bladed weapon and tool, generally a large knife or sword, similar in appearance to the modern-day machete, with a single cutting edge.
Wikipedia: Xiphos
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The xiphos (Ancient Greek: ξίφος [ksípʰos]; plural xiphe, Ancient Greek: ξίφη [ksípʰɛː]) is a double-edged, one-handed Iron Age straight shortsword used by the ancient Greeks.
Wikipedia: Spatha
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The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring between 0.5 and 1 metre (20 and 40 inches), with a handle length of between 18 and 20 centimetres (7 and 8 inches), in use in the territory of the Roman Empire during the 1st to 6th centuries AD. Later swords, from the 7th to 10th centuries, like the Viking swords, are recognizable derivatives and sometimes subsumed under the term spatha.
Wikipedia: Acinaces
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The acinaces, also transliterated as akinakes (Greek ἀκῑνάκης) or akinaka (unattested Old Persian *akīnakah, 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, Scythians, Persians and Caspians, then by the Greeks.
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