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    Bronze Age swords appeared from around the 17th century BC, in the Black Sea and Aegean regions, as a further development of the dagger. They were replaced...
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    The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC. It was characterized by the use of bronze, the use of writing in some...
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  • Swords made of iron (as opposed to bronze) appear from the Early Iron Age (c. 12th century BC),[citation needed] but do not become widespread before the...
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    A Bronze Age gold hoard: Tesouro de Caldas, Galicia, Spain Gold torque from Stretham, England Bronze weapons from Lanzahíta, Spain Bronze Age swords, France...
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    The Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC associated with environmental change, mass migration...
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  • Historically, the sword developed in the Bronze Age, evolving from the dagger; the earliest specimens date to about 1600 BC. The later Iron Age sword remained...
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    Park Phase, Llyn Fawr Phase: leaf-shaped swords. In Ireland, the final Dowris phase of the Late Bronze Age appears to decline in about 600 BC, but iron...
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    Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age, or Scandinavian Bronze Age) is a period of Scandinavian prehistory from c. 2000/1750–500 BC. The Nordic Bronze Age...
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    Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages. The...
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  • (Arabian) Bronze Age European swords Harpe: mentioned almost exclusively in Greek mythology Iron Age European swords Falcata: one-handed single-edged sword –...
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