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Description edit
Eloquent, exceptionally erudite history of the "Queen of Weapons." Traces sword’s origin—from prehistory to its full growth during early Roman Empire. Discusses earliest weapons of stone, bone, horn and wood as well as variations: sabre, broadsword, cutlass, scimitar and more.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Egypt
- India
- Europe
- London
- England
- Greece
- Rome
- Assyria
- Ireland
- Persia
- Central Africa
- Cyprus
- Gaul
- Thebes
- Australia
- Asia
- Babylonia
- Nile Valley
- Italy
- France
- Nineveh
- Athens
- Spain
- Iliad
- Denmark
- Peru
- Switzerland
- Paris
- Britain
- New Guinea
- Etruria
- America
- Mexico
- China
- Scotland
- Brazil
- Sweden
- Scandinavia
- Abyssinia
- Cairo
- Japan
- Germany
- British Museum
- Sicily
- Ilium
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Francis Burton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1884
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: <xi>-xxxix, 299 p.
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Publication Date: 1884
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: <xi>-xxxix, 299 p.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: U850 .B8
- Dewey: 355.8241
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