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The book of the sword : a history of daggers, sabers, and scimitars from ancient times to the modern day / Richard Francis Burton.

Summary:

“The history of the sword,” the author writes in his introduction, “is the history of humanity.” For centuries, the sword has been a symbol of power, strength, liberty, and courage. In the Middle Ages, the image of a sword was used to signify the word of God. Nearly every culture in history has forged blades from stone or steel to fight in times of battle and protect in times of peace.

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  • ISBN: 9781626364011
  • ISBN: 162636401X
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: London : Chatto and Windus, 1884.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preamble: On the Origin of Weapons -- Man's s First Weapons-The Stone and the Stick. The Earliest Ages of Weapons. The Ages of Wood, of Bone, and of Horn -- The Weapons of the Age of Wood: The Boomerang and the Sword of Wood; Of Stone, and of Wood and Stone Combined -- The Proto-Chalcitic or Copper Age of Weapons -- The Second Chalcitic Age of Alloys-Bronze, Brass, Etc.: The Axe and the Sword -- The Proto-Sideric or Early Iron Age of Weapons -- The Sword: What is it? -- The Sword in Ancient Egypt and in Modern Africa -- The Sword in Khita-Land, Palestine and Canaan; Phoenicia and Carthage; Jewry, Cyprus, Troy, and Etruria -- The Sword in Babylonia, Assyria and Persia, and Ancient India -- The Sword in Ancient Greece: Homer; Hesiod and Herodotus: Mycenæ -- The Sword in Ancient Rome; The Legion and the Gladiator -- The Sword Amongst the Barbarians (Early Roman Empire).
Subject: Swords.
Weapons, Ancient.

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The Book of the Sword : A History of Daggers, Sabers, and Scimitars from Ancient Times to the Modern Day
The Book of the Sword : A History of Daggers, Sabers, and Scimitars from Ancient Times to the Modern Day
by Burton, Richard Francis
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Table of Contents

The Book of the Sword : A History of Daggers, Sabers, and Scimitars from Ancient Times to the Modern Day

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Forewordp. xiii
Introductionp. xv
IPreamble: On the Origin of Weaponsp. 1
IIMan's First Weapons-The Stone and the Stick. The Earliest Ages of Weapons. the Ages of Wood, of Bone, and of Hornp. 16
IIIThe Weapons of the Age of Wood: The Boomerang and the Sword of Wood; Of Stone, and of Wood and Stone Combinedp. 31
IVThe Proto-Chalcitic or Copper Age of Weaponsp. 53
VThe Second Chalcitic Age of Alloys-Bronze, Brass, Etc.: The Axe and the Swordp. 74
VIThe Proto-Sideric or Early Iron Age of Weaponsp. 97
VIIThe Sword: What is It?p. 123
VIIIThe Sword in Ancient Egypt and in Modern Africap. 143
IXThe Sword in Khita-Land, Palestine and Canaan; Phoenicia and Carthage; Jewry, Cyprus, Troy, and Etruriap. 172
XThe Sword in Babylonia, Assyria and Persia, and Ancient Indiap. 199
XIThe Sword in Ancient Greece: Homer; Hesiod and Herodotus: Mycenæp. 220
XIIThe Sword in Ancient Rome; The Legion and the Gladiatorp. 244
XIIIThe Sword Amongst the Barbarians (Early Roman Empire)p. 262
Conclusionp. 280
List of Authoritiesp. 281
Indexp. 291

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