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A '''sword''' is a [[weapon]] with a single long blade, made for slashing or thrusting. A sword has one or two sharpened edges and maybe a sharpened point. A good swordsman would have been able to cut off the [[arm]]s and [[leg]]s of his enemies with a single blow and still keep going on in defeating many of his enemies in a short period of time. Throughout history, many cultures have developed swords and the arts of [[swordsmanship]], and swords have continued to have a ritual role even after the invention of [[firearm]]s rendered them essentially obsolete as instruments of destruction.
A '''sword''' is a [[weapon]] with a single long blade, made for slashing or thrusting. A sword has one or two sharpened edges and maybe a sharpened point. A good swordsman would have been able to cut off the [[arm]]s and [[leg]]s of his enemies with a single blow and still keep going on in defeating many of his enemies in a short period of time. Throughout history, many cultures have developed swords and the arts of [[swordsmanship]], and swords have continued to have a ritual role even after the invention of [[firearm]]s rendered them essentially obsolete as instruments of destruction.
==Types of sword==
*Scimitar
*Saber
*Cutlass
*Rapier
*Épée
*Broadsword
*Claymore
*Kris
*Mameluke
*Katana
==Symbolic role==
==Symbolic role==
Swords have long represented warfare, and the military,chiefly because of their specialized nature and the difficulty of crafting them, some examples of this usage are the [[Christian]] "for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword"<ref>"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." ''Matthew 26:52''</ref> and the [[Islam]]ic "[[jihad|jihad bis saif]]" ("struggle by the sword").
Swords have long represented warfare, and the military,chiefly because of their specialized nature and the difficulty of crafting them, some examples of this usage are the [[Christian]] "for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword"<ref>"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." ''Matthew 26:52''</ref> and the [[Islam]]ic "[[jihad|jihad bis saif]]" ("struggle by the sword").
==See also==
*[[Excalibur]]
==References==
==References==