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by Sir Richard F. Burton
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ISBN: 0486254348 Dover Publications Price: $12.95 |
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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. Enhanced by nearly 300 excellent line drawings.
Table of Contents for The Book of the Sword: With 293 Illustrations
| CHAPTER | |||||||
| FOREWARD | |||||||
| LIST OF AUTHORITIES | |||||||
| I. PREAMBLE: ON THE ORIGIN OF WEAPONS | |||||||
| II. "MAN'S FIRST WEAPONS-THE STONE AND THE STICK. THE EARLIEST AGES OF WEAPONS. THE AGES OF WOOD, OF BONE, AND OF HORN" | |||||||
| III. "THE WEAPONS OF THE AGE OF WOOD : THE BOOMERANG AND THE SWORD OF WOOD; OF STONE, AND OF WOOD AND STONE COMBINED" | |||||||
| IV. THE PROTO-CHALCITIC OR COPPER AGE OF WEAPONS | |||||||
| V. "THE SECOND CHALCITIC AGE OF ALLOYS-BRONZE, BRASS, ETC : THE AXE AND THE SWORD" | |||||||
| VI. THE PROTO-SIDERIC OR EARLY IRON AGE OF WEAPONS | |||||||
| VII. THE SWORD : WHAT IS IT? | |||||||
| VIII. THE SWORD IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND IN MODERN AFRICA | |||||||
| IX. "THE SWORD IN KHITA-LAND, PALESTINE AND CANAAN; PHŒNICIA AND CARTHAGE; JEWRY, CYPRUS, TROY, AND ETRURIA" | |||||||
| X. "THE SWORD IN BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA AND PERSIA, AND ANCIENT INDIA" | |||||||
| XI. THE SWORD IN ANCIENT GREECE : HOMER ; HESIOD AND HERODOTUS: MYCENÆ | |||||||
| XII. THE SWORD IN ANCIENT ROME: THE LEGION AND THE GLADIATOR | |||||||
| XIII. THE SWORD AMONGST THE BARBARIANS (EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE) | |||||||
| CONCLUSION | |||||||
| INDEX |