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Show 111. i:.lnllou ef Ilia (...ot.l. A men lu early time fought hand to baud, tho oldest itrlmens of the sword ro short! In fact, tlio sword is probably but an evolution of the club, which at first tnailo ot hard wood was gradnnlly sharpened 011 cineati.l then on both sldea, so ns to Inlllct a iiioro deadly woiind, I'.en lilay?e find eotno Aatasc racci tinploylnK woodfu weapons. Wood K.uewayto stone, which lu turn wo dlapluciHl by bronzu, Iron and finally Heil, The sword Increased In lenjth nj men became inoro clvlhxeil and showed a ills-IKjaitlon ills-IKjaitlon to light farther away from each other, which required more dexterity in tho uto of the Hi upon. Some nnec imcna wehavo of swordi of the Middle Ast-Mare almost If not quite a long as tho war rinrs who wieldisl llurm. During tho riftoenth anturj the science of fcnclu.! a Invented, whon tlio awonl in thi form of a ropier reached tbo highest point of ilevelopinmt, Kato l'icld' ashlngton. |