Asian Art

Bronze Age sword

Bronze Age swords were a type of weapon prominent during the Bronze Age. They were replaced by iron swords during the early part of the 1st millennium BC. Typical Bronze Age swords were between 60 and 80 cm long, significantly shorter weapons are categorized as short swords or daggers. From an early time swords with lengths in excess of 100 cm were also produced. Some Bronze Age swords have also been referred to as antenna swords due to their design.

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• ▸Bengali Buddhists
• ▸Hafnia (bacterium)
• ▸History of manga

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