evolution of swords

  • 5000 BCE

    Falcata Sword

    Falcata Sword
    alcata was type of a sword that was in use in the pre-Roman Hispania that encompassed today’s Iberian Peninsula including Spain and Portugal.
  • 5000 BCE

    Celtic Sword

    Celtic Sword
    The most common Celtic swords were the long and short swords. The swords had leaf-shaped blades and featured hilts that were made of either copper, wood, bone or horn.
  • 4010 BCE

    Kopis Sword

    Kopis Sword
    he Kopis was a single-handed sword that featured a blade that was forward-curving. The average length of the sword was 3 feet.
  • 2300 BCE

    Early Bronze Era Sword

    Early Bronze Era Sword
    Bronze Age swords appeared from around the 17th century BC, in the Black Sea region and the Aegean, as a further development of the dagger.
  • chinese broadsword (dao)

    chinese broadsword (dao)
    Dao are single-edged Chinese swords, primarily used for slashing and chopping. The most common form is also known as the Chinese sabre
  • jian sword

    jian sword
    The jian is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian