Ages in the history of the sword

Bronze Age

Humans have been making and using weapons0of Bronze Age Swords from the start. The sword
developed from the dagger Pls
sword-making Becomes possible, approximately two millennium BC. Sword-sized more than 1.5
meters and a highly unusual and in use During periods of no time
Bronze Because of its length to reduce efficacy of bronze. Not Until the metal Stronger like steel, sword making Long Used in battle.
Illite of a sword in the first part
allows strong grip, and Prevent the possibility of slipping the hands Pls
perform a puncture Towards the target. Sword era Bronze first appearance with the form like the leaves around the middle of the sea and the Black Sea, and in Mesoppotamia. Sword of the era
nordic bronze around 1400 BC show
Characteristic spiral pattern. Sword in Production China starting from the Shang Dynasty.

Iron Age
Increased use of iron Swords
13th Century BC. Nation Hittie, Myceania, Greece, Proto-Celtic culture and have Halstatt Which has links with the early use iron sword. Iron has the advantage of
mass production with the availability of raw guy a lot. Iron sword in the early period is not
Can be compared with the steel sword now, more soft and fragile, this is even more Worse than Bronze Swords good quality, but with higher production easy availability of raw materials to make
Troops Can use all the weapons
metals, although the Egyptian army at the time Bronze has completed its troop with bronze weapons.
Then the smith to learn That
Some add carbon (inserted at the time of amalgamation in the form of rocks) into the iron, they want the make metal cans better (now Known as "Steel"). Several Different methods in the manufacture of Swords has been in the period ago, including, most famously, pattern formation. Furthermore, the method Different growth around the world. Upon entering the antique and the classical era nation Parthian and Sassanid Iran, Had an iron sword changed from common. Xiphos of Greek and Gladius Roman is an example of the kind, has 60-70 cm long. The late Roman Empire Spatha introduce longer (The term for the wearer, spatharius, Becomes royal rank in Constantinople), and start then, the term "long sword" addressed
the Swords, Which includes the length of this period.

Middle Ages

Became popular spatha Sword During the period migration and Also in the Middle Ages. Spatha
Vendel era Germany is decorated with ornaments. Viking Age looks back to the production a more standardized, but early designs fixed based on spatha. Century 11, Nowhere Norman Sharon Swords Quillons developed or Crossguard (Cross protection). During the crusade in 12th Century Until the 13th century, shaped peding This cross Became more stable, with Variations on handle alone. These Are Designed Swords as a cutting sword, although the points
Becoming Common to effectively counter Improving the quality of armor. Edged Sword The single Became popular in the plains of Asia. Developed from the Dao of China, hwandudaedo Koreans have been Known from early age Three Kingdoms. Japanese Katana ( 刀; かた な), has Produced from the period around 900 AD, Also
developed from the dao.

Late Middle Ages and Renaissance

From about the year 1300, with increasingly thick and good production of armor, Swords design
continues Evolve rapidly. The main transition is extension handle of a sword, enabling use two hands, and the sword Which longer. In the year 1400 this sword named by Langes Schwert (longsword)
or a long sword or spadone, has been general, and Some Fechtbucher on 15th and 16th
Centuries Offers how to use the sword These. Another variant is the sword armor piercer estoc type. Famous long sword with a range of extreme and the ability cut and stabbed him ". Type estoc Because of its famous Became ABILITY to
through the Gap Between the plates of armor.
Grip Sometimes coated with a cable or animal skins to create a more solid grip and make it more Difficult to be dropped from the
sword user.
In the 16th Century, Doppelhander (Called Zweihander now) make a trend Increase in the size of the sword, and age back to the design of modern sword compact and lightweight with the use of one
hand. The sword Becomes a weapon in this era's most personally, the most prestigious, and most deadly for close combat, but Rejected in use by the military Because technology turnover battle. However, sword Remains a key role in the Martial Arts
civilians.

Modern Age

Rapier is an evolution of the Espada ropera Century Spain was about i6. Both the rapier and
schiavona bentukcrossguar change from italia changed from like the basketball court for protection
the hands. During the 17th and 18th century, sword a more short Concise parts essential than fashion in European countries and new world, and the Richest and military Officials have Them. Both the short sword or Rapier changed from popular as a European to the
sword dueled Until the 18th century.
After a Swords-fashioned usage,
aids walking stick (cane) to be part
gentelman from clothing. Some examples are sword cane sword enter Disguise into a stick to it.
Martial She canne developed to fight using this stick and now
Evolved into a sport.
After a period of use was over, the sword self-defense has been compared menjadialat changed from the devices of weapons on the
Battlefield after the modern era. Even a sword has reduced its use after the 19th century, Because less practical with the handgun. Sword
Used still, but only on Officials and military ceremonial military uniform
only.

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