Sword is a weapon that has a blade length. Sword can have sharp sides or only one sharp side only. In some cultures, when compared to other weapons, swords typically have greater prestige or highest.
Sword blades are usually made of hard metal such as iron or steel. Nevertheless there is a sword of gold used as decoration only. Wooden training sword usually used, although the sword of hardwood is still dangerous. Weapons like swords and spears using obsidian blades used by the native tribes of Central and South America at the time of European colonization not know logam.Zaman Bronze
People have to make and use weapons from the Bronze Age sword from.
Sword developed from the dagger when making a sword to be possible, around 2 millennium BC. Sword measuring more than 1.5 meters and is very unusual and is not used when Bronze Age times as long to reduce potency of bronze. Not until a stronger metal such as steel, making the long sword used in combat.
Part of a sword handle at first allowing a strong grip, and prevent the possibility of slip while doing a hand thrust towards the target. Bronze Age sword the first time appeared in the shape of leaves around the middle of the sea and the Black Sea, and in Mesopotamia. Sword of the Nordic Bronze Age around 1400 BC shows the nature of spiral pattern. Of sword in China started from the Shang Dynasty.
Iron Age
Increase the use of iron swords have 13 century BC. Hittie race, Myceania, Greek, and Proto-Celtic culture with Halstatt have to do with the early use of iron swords. Iron has the advantage of mass production with the availability of raw steel that much. Iron sword early date can not be compared with the present steel sword; more soft and fragile, even more offensive than the sword bronze (bronze) good quality, but with an easier production, availability of raw materials to make the whole team can use metal weapons , though Bronze Age Egyptian team is complete team with bronze weapons.
Then the smith learned that adding a number of carbon (added during smelting in the form of rock) to iron, they can make better metal (now known as the "steel"). Several different ways in the manufacture of swords have been in the past, including, notably, to the pattern. Furthermore, different ways to grow around the world.
On entering the classical antique and race Parthian and Sassanid Iran, iron swords have become common. Xiphos of the Greek and Roman Gladius is an example of a type, have a length of 60-70 cm. End of the Roman Emperor memprkenalkan Spatha longer (the term for the wearer, spatharius, be promoted to the government in Constantinople), and from that moment, the term "long sword" is intended to include long sword in this period.
Chinese steel swords appear at the time of the 3rd century BC Qin Dynasty. Dao from china (piyin DAO) is one-edged sword, sometimes translated as Sabre or broadsword, and Jian (piyin Jian) double-edged.
Middle Ages
Spatha sword became popular during the time of migration and also in the Middle Ages. Ages Spatha decorated decorated with Germany. Viking Age saw again the production of a more standard, but still based on spatha initially decoration.
The 11th century began to be developed where the sword Norman Quillons or Crossguard (cross protection). During the Crusades in the 12th century until the 13th century, this cross-shaped sword become more stable, with variations on gagangnya only. These swords are designed as a cutting sword, although the points to be generally effective for improving the quality of mengbalas iron. Single-edged sword became popular in the plains of Asia. Developed from the Dao China, hwandudaedo from Korea has been known at the beginning of the Age of Three. Japanese Katana (刀; かた な), was produced in about 900 AD, also developed from the dao.
End of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
From around the year 1300, with more dense and good production of the breastplate, ornaments, swords continue to evolve rapidly. The main transition is the extension handle of the sword, allowing the use of two hands, and a longer sword. In the year 1400 is called the sword as Langes Schwert (longsword) or long sword or spadone, were common, and some Fechtbucher century 15 and 16 offer on how to use the sword. Other variants of the type of sword breastplate estoc awl. Long sword is famous for its historical reach and ability to cut and menusuknya. Type estoc became famous for its ability to penetrate the distance between the plate breastplates. Sometimes coated with a cable holding or holdings of animal skins to make a more robust and make it more difficult to fall from a user sword.
In the 16th century, Doppelhander (pronounced Zweihander now) to make the trend increase in the size of the sword, and modern times back to design a simple and lightweight sword with the use of one hand.
Sword in this time of the most personal weapon, the most prestigious, and most deadly for close combat, but rejected its use by the military for war replacement technology. However, the sword still serves as a key in civilian self-defense.
The modern
Rapier is an evolution of the Espada ropera from Spain centuries-I6. Good Italian rapier and schiavona from crossguar remodel to be like basketball to cover the arms. During the 17th century and the 18th, more simple short sword into the main part of the fashion in Europe and the new world, and the richest and have the military office. Good short sword and sword Rapier became popular as Europe to compete until the 18th century.
After application of the sword out of date, stick to some of the rich men's clothing community. An example is the sword which include sword cane into the cane to menyamarkannya. Martial la Canne a cane developed to fight this and now evolved into athletics.
Once the usage is over, the sword has than a tool of self-defense weapons on the battlefield after the modern era. Even the use of a sword has been reduced after the 19th century, as the lost practice with the handgun.
Sword still in use, but are limited by the office of ceremonial military uniform and military only, although most of the army using heavy cavalry before World War 2. Like the British cavalry unit that had their new cavalry sword, but replaced the armored cavalry at the end of 1938. But the battle with cavalry and sword still happen in the era of World War II, when Japanese troops fought against the people of the Pacific, the population is still using the sword. But the Japanese forces with modern weapons to easily beat the soldier's sword.
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