on Aug 13, 2015
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CIRCA | 1240 | PERIOD | MEDIEVAL | TOTAL LENGTH 120 mm BLADE (HEAD) 68 x 45 mm TANG 99 % Complete WEIGHT 252 grains This would have gotten to Europe during the Mongol Invasion circa 1238 - 1242 Their assumption is that if the organic remains found at a certain level date at circa 50 BC or 1450 AD the iron, pottery and other non-organic remains are also circa 50 BC or 1450 AD So they use simple rules such as if it is ancient and made of gold, they may simply seize it They were especially effective against siege towers made of wood which were equal in height to the walls of the castle being attacked After all, in most cases these were the very weapons used by our European ancestors
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