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| title = [[types of swords|Sword types]] and [[Classification of swords|classifications]] by region and [[List of historical swords|historical era]]

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| above =

* [[Classification of swords#Edgeless and Thrusting swords|Thrusting swords (Edgeless)]]

* [[Classification of swords#Single-edge and Curved swords|Curved swords (Single-edge)]]

|group1 = Europe

| group1 = Prehistory

| list1 =

* [[Bronze Age sword]]

| group2 = [[Ancient history|Ancient period]]

| list2 =

| group3 = [[Post-classical history|Post-classical period]]

| list3 =

* [[Viking sword]]

* [[Knightly sword|Arming sword]]

* [[Claymore]]

* [[Falchion]]

| group4 = [[Early modern period]]

| list4 =

* [[Cinquedea]]

* [[Estoc]]

* [[Espada ropera]]

* [[Swiss degen]]

| group5 = [[Modern history#Late modern period|Late modern period]]

| list5 =

* [[Basket-hilted sword]]

* [[Small sword]]

* [[Hunting sword]]

* [[Pistol sword]]

* [[Spadroon]]

* [[Sword bayonet]]

}}

| list1 =

* [[Jian]]

| group2 = Medieval

| list2 =

* [[Zhanmadao]]

| list3 =

* [[Liuyedao]]

* [[Changdao]]

* [[Yanmaodao]]

| list4 =

* [[Miaodao]]

}}

|group3 = [[Korean sword|Korea]]

| group1 = Bronze Age – Gojoseon

| group2 = Iron Age – Three Kingdom Era

| list2 =

* [[Hwandudaedo]]

| group3 = Goryeo and Joseon era

| list3 =

* [[Bonguk geom]]

* [[Wungeom]]

* [[Four Tiger Sword]]

|group4 = [[Japanese sword|Japan]]

| group1 = Yayoi – Nara periods

| list1 =

* [[Tachi]]

* [[Ōdachi]]

* [[Tantō]]

| group3 = Muromachi – Edo periods

| list3 =

* [[Wakizashi]]

* [[Katana]]

| group4 = Meiji period and beyond

}}

| group1 = Ancient

| list1 =

* [[Khanda (sword)|Khanda]]

| list2 =

* [[Firangi (sword)|Firangi]]

* [[Talwar]]

* [[Kayamkulam vaal]]

* [[Pata (sword)|Pata]]

}}

| group1 = Early period

| list1 =

| group2 = Late period

| list2 =

* [[Klewang]]

<!-- A kujang could be argued to be a knife, but it is most certainly not a sword. Thus it should not be included here -->

}}

| list1 =

* [[Kampilan]]

* [[Kalis]]

* [[Panabas]]

* [[Parang (knife)|Parang]]

| group2 = Spanish colonization

| list2 =

* [[Balisword]]

}}

| group1 = Classic stage

| list1 =

* [[Dha (sword)|Dha]]

| group2 = Post-Classic stage

| list2 =

}}

|group10 = Mesoamerica

| group1 = Pre-Columbian era

| list1 =

|group11 = Africa

| group1 = Ancient Egypt

| list1 =

* [[Kaskara]]

* [[Nimcha]]

* [[Shotel]]

* [[Billao]]

* [[Takoba]]

}}

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