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The Book of the Sword

by Richard F. Burton

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Dedication — Foreword
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4List of Authorities
  5. 5Chapter I — Preamble: On the Origin of Weapons
  6. 6Chapter II — Man’s First Weapons — The Stone and the Stick. The Ear…
  7. 7Chapter III — The Weapons of the Age of Wood: The Boomerang and the…
  8. 8Chapter IV — The Proto-Chalcitic or Copper Age of Weapons
  9. 9Chapter V — The Second Chalcitic Age of Alloys — Bronze, Brass, etc…
  10. 10Chapter VI — The Proto-Sideric or Early Iron Age of Weapons
  11. 11Chapter VII — The Sword: What Is It?
  12. 12Chapter VIII — The Sword in Ancient Egypt and in Modern Africa
  13. 13Chapter IX — The Sword in Khita-Land, Palestine and Canaan; Phœnici…
  14. 14Chapter X — The Sword in Babylonia, Assyria and Persia, and Ancient…
  15. 15Chapter XI — The Sword in Ancient Greece: Homer; Hesiod and Herodot…
  16. 16Chapter XII — The Sword in Ancient Rome; the Legion and the Gladiator
  17. 17Chapter XIII — The Sword Amongst the Barbarians (Early Roman Empire)
  18. 18Conclusion

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