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| name = Swords by region navbox

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

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* [[Swordsmanship]]

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

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

* [[Classification of swords#Double-edge and Straight swords|Straight swords (Double-edge)]]

|group1 = Europe

|list1 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Ancient / Early history

| list1 =

* [[Bronze Age sword]]

| group2 = [[Iron Age]] / [[Classical antiquity|Classical period]]

| list2 =

* [[Iron Age sword]]

* [[Harpe]]

* [[Gladius]]

* [[Xiphos]]

* [[Kopis]]/[[Falcata]]

* [[Makhaira]]

* [[Spatha]]

* [[Sica]]

* [[Rhomphaia]]

* [[Falx]]

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

| list3 =

* [[Viking sword]]

* [[Knightly sword|Arming sword]]

* [[Longsword]]

* [[Claymore]]

* [[Falchion]]

* [[Shashka]]

| group4 = [[Early modern period]]

| list4 =

* [[Zweihänder]]

* [[Spada da lato]]

* [[Katzbalger]]

* [[Cinquedea]]

* [[Estoc]]

* [[Side-sword]]

* [[Espada ropera]]

* [[Swiss degen]]

| group5 = [[Modern history|Modern period]]

| list5 =

* [[Rapier]]

* [[Sabre]]

* [[Cutlass]]

* [[Basket-hilted sword]]

* [[Small sword]]

* [[European dueling sword|Dueling sword]]

* [[Hunting sword]]

* [[Pistol sword]]

* [[Spadroon]]

* [[Sword bayonet]]

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|group2 = [[Chinese swords|China]]

|list2 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Ancient

| list1 =

* [[Jian]]

* [[Dao (sword)| Dao]]

| group2 = Medieval

| list2 =

* [[Dao (weapon)|Dadao]]

* [[Zhanmadao]]

| group3 = Ming – Qing

| list3 =

* [[Liuyedao]]

* [[Wodao]]

* [[Changdao]]

* [[Yanmaodao]]

| group4 = Modern

| list4 =

* [[Miaodao]]

}}

|group3 = [[Korean sword|Korea]]

|list3 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Bronze Age – Gojoseon

| list1 =

* [[Liaoning bronze dagger culture]]

| group2 = Iron Age – Three Kingdom Era

| list2 =

* [[Hwandudaedo]]

* [[Seven-Branched Sword]]

| group3 = Goryeo and Joseon era

| list3 =

* [[Jedok geom]]

* [[Bonguk geom]]

* [[Hwando]]

* [[Wungeom]]

* [[Four Tiger Sword]]

}}

|group4 = [[Japanese sword|Japan]]

|list4 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Yayoi – Nara periods

| list1 =

* [[Chokutō]]

* [[Tsurugi (sword)|Tsurugi]]

| group2 = Heian – Kamakura periods

| list2 =

* [[Tachi]]

* [[Ōdachi]]

* [[Tantō]]

| group3 = Muromachi – Edo periods

| list3 =

* [[Wakizashi]]

* [[Uchigatana]]

* [[Katana]]

| group4 = Meiji period and beyond

| list4 =

* [[Guntō]]

* [[Iaitō]]

* [[Ninjatō]]

* [[Shikomizue]]

}}

|group5 = India

|list5 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Ancient

| list1 =

* [[Khanda (sword)|Khanda]]

* [[Firangi (sword)|Firangi]]

* [[Talwar]]

* [[Kayamkulam vaal]]

* [[Pata (sword)|Pata]]

}}

|group6 = [[Template:Indonesian_Weapons|Indonesian]]

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| group1 = Early period

| list1 =

<!-- The kerambit is a short knife, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

<!-- Blakas is a knife, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

* [[Mandau (knife)|Mandau]]

* [[Niabor]]

* [[Parang (knife)|Parang]]

* [[Balato (sword)|Balato]]

<!-- Beladau is a knife, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

* [[Gari (sword)|Gari]]

* [[Surik (sword)|Surik]]

<!-- Badik is a dagger, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

| group2 = Late period

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* [[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 -->

<!-- Keris is a dagger, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

* [[Kalis|Sundang]]

* [[Langgai Tinggang]]

* [[Parang Nabur]]

<!-- Rencong is a knife, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

<!-- A cabang is not even a knife, what more to consider it a sword. Thus it should not be included here -->

<!-- Bendo is a short machete, not a sword, and should thus not be included -->

<!-- An arbir is a halberd, it is most certainly not a sword. Thus it should not be included here -->

* [[Sikin Panjang]]

}}

|group7 = [[Template:Filipino_weapons|Philippines]]

|list7 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Classical Epoch

| list1 =

* [[Kampilan]]

* [[Kalis]]

* [[Barong (knife)|Barong]]

* [[Panabas]]

* [[Golok|Gulok]]

* [[Parang (knife)|Parang]]

| group2 = Spanish colonization

| list2 =

* [[Bolo knife|Bolo]]

* [[Balisword]]

* [[Espada|Espada y Daga]]

* [[Dahong palay]]

* [[Pinuti]]

}}

|group8 = Western and Central Asia

|list8 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = [[Scimitar]] type

| list1 =

* [[Kilij]]

* [[Shamshir]]

* [[Scimitar|Saif]]

* [[Kaskara]]

* [[Flyssa]]

* [[Yatagan]]

* [[Mameluke sword]]

}}

|group9 = South and Southeast Asia

|list9 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Classic stage

| list1 =

* [[Khanda (sword)|Khanda]]

* [[Urumi]]

* [[Hook sword]]

* [[Dha (sword)|Dha]]

| group2 = Post-Classic stage

| list2 =

* [[Talwar]]

* [[Kastane]]

* [[Krabi (sword)|Krabi]]

}}

|group10 = Mesoamerica

|list10 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Pre-Columbian era

| list1 =

* [[Macuahuitl]]

* [[Macana]]

}}

|group11 = Africa

|list11 = {{Navbox subgroup

| group1 = Ancient Egypt

| list1 =

* [[Khopesh]]

* [[Acinaces]]

| group2 = [[Template:Africa Weapons|Mainland]]

| list2 =

* [[Ida (sword)|Ida]]

* [[Kaskara]]

* [[Nimcha]]

* [[Shotel]]

* [[Billao]]

* [[Takoba]]

}}

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