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Types of Knives
Strictly speaking, knives fall into the general collecting catchall definition of "edged weapons", along with battle axes, swords, bayonets, daggers, and so on. The most spectacular collectable knife is surely…
The Edged Weapon Factory at Toledo
by Juan José Pérez From the 15th to 17th centuries, the Castillian city of Toledo in central Spain, flourished with an exceptional blade making industry, surpassing other Spanish cities like…
Sword Care and Maintenance
Iron Swords Iron was used shortly after Mankind developed civilized, community dwellings. It followed the Bronze Age and was a vast improvement to the bronze axes from that period. Meteoric…
Knights in History
"in ancient and medieval history, a noble who did military service as a mounted warrior." The Knight in Ancient History In ancient history, as in Athens and Rome, the knight…
Society Swords – Markings & Makers
Society Swords carried by so-called secret societies or fraternal societies were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Society and military associations became very popular after the Civil…
History of Bayonets
"All nations boast of their prowess with the bayonet, but few men really enjoy a hand-to-hand fight with the bayonet. English and French both talk much of the bayonet but…
The Samurai Warriors
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings The Samurai rose out of the continuing battles for land among…
Typology of Medieval Swords
Written by Björn Hellqvist. Illustrations by Peter Johnsson. (c) Björn Hellqvist & Peter Johnsson. Visit Björn's Sword Site for more articles on swords ~ This is an attempt to introduce…
Medieval and Renaissance Swords and Daggers Terminology
List of Medieval and Renaissance Types of Swords and Daggers. Arming Sword - after the 14th century, with the appearance of the longsword the simple, single-handed weapon became known as…
Day of the Triffids
There are many reasons why engineers turn to board level solutions when creating their designs. One reason near the top of the list is that someone else has done a…
Nuclear power energetics in Russia lives out its days
Evgeny Adamov, a minister for Atomic energy sighed a decree about power decrease of atomic electric power stations. This measure was caused by the great debts of the Russian joint-stock…
First Intermediate Period (7th – 11th Dynasties) (2150 -1986 BC)
First Intermediate Period In the First Intermediate Period as the age separating Dynasty VI and XII is called, Manetho, or rather the Manetho known to us from the chronicles of…
11th Dynasty (1986 – 1937 BC)
Eleventh Dynasty Nothing very definite is known about the campaigns in which Menthotpe I regained the Double Crown, and so put an end to the internal anarchy which had finally…
12th Dynasty (1937 – 1759 BC)
Twelfth Dynasty At the close of Menthotpe I's glorious reign nothing seemed to suggest that the power of his family was nearing its end. Yet so it was. The Turin…
Second Intermediate Period (13th – 17th Dynasties) (1759 – 1539 BC)
Second Intermediate Period Since the passage of Time shows no break in continuity, nothing but some momentous event or sequence of events can justify a particular reign being regarded as…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.4
Eighteenth Dynasty For the transition to the reign of Amenophis IV the letters from Tushratta are doubtless our best authority. In that to Queen Tiye it is clearly implied that…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.3
Eighteenth Dynasty To deal adequately with Tuthmosis III's military successes would demand much more space than has been devoted to them. Also we must pass over the far less interesting…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.2
Eighteenth Dynasty If disproportionate space seem here to have been devoted to a single dynastic problem, the excuse must be firstly the importance of the two great personages who now…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.1
Eighteenth Dynasty Details of the fall of Avaris are given in an inscription engraved on the wall of a tomb at El-Kab belonging to a warrior named 'Ahmose, Son of…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.3
Nineteenth Dynasty That for Egypt herself the reign of Ramesses II was a period of great prosperity cannot be doubted. Monuments of the period, dated and undated, are very numerous,…