Earliest true swords appear
c.1700 BCE · Event
Long bronze swords from Anatolia and the Aegean; a step beyond daggers, made possible by improved bronze metallurgy.
On these timelines: Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Master
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