When I was searching for some messer, I saw this one in swordsite.
http://sword-site.com/thread/702/avar-sword-saber-sabre It is Avar's sword and that attract me because it looks like kind of Chinese sword.Is there more information about this type of sword?Did those which owns by Avars relate to China?And in the article it says that it is first appear in Persias in Bronze Age.I hope if there are some pictures of this type of sword which is from Persia.

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I know much less than I'd like about the history of Eastern Europe, but I do know that it was heavily influenced by a succession of steppe nomad cultures - many of whom travelled across most of Asia, even reaching China. According to Wikipedia (not the most reliable source, I know), some people claim strong historical links between the Avar culture and the Mongolians.

However, I am under the impression that the chinese swords which this resembles belong to a much earlier period in history than that Avar sword (weren't the straight single-edged Chinese swords from the bronze age?). If I am right in this, then the resemblance is probably coincidental.

The earliest straight sabres like this from Central Asia I know of are from the Caucasus, from about the 6th century. There are still 9th century examples. They were used in Persia too. I don't think it's correct to say that these go back to the Bronze Age.

I'm not sure if this is the original tip on this one. There are some examples from the Caucasus with chisel-tips, but most are spear-pointed or have curved tips (where corrosion isn't so bad that one can see what the original shape was; most are too corroded).

Similar blades were used in Tang China. Which way did they spread? These swords usually have scabbards with P-mounts, and P-mounts appear to have spread from Central Asia to China. Given Tang rule over Sogdia (Sogdiana), there was plenty of opportunity for influence in both directions.

Sassanian swords are rather fascinating. The extent of Iranian power and number of original blades and representations that survive from between the 6th-8th centuries CE makes it seem likely to me that any surrounding regions (such as the Caucasus) would likely have adopted it from the Persians, rather than the other way around. However, the forms of the belts and scabbard mounts on the Sassanian swords is very similar to much older Central Asian examples, harking all the way back to Scythian prototypes, which might suggest such an exchange. That's not to say such equipment had not already deeply influenced Persian fashion by that time, so it's hard to make any determined proposal. This is not my area of expertise and I have not read any published theories.

Such forms, of course, could have been spread through a great number of avenues, such as from the Chinese to the Huns to the western Steppes and then down between the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, just to put forth one complex but historically plausible example. I have my doubts that any western predecessors, such as the Celtic-Roman spatha, were influential due to a number of aspects particular to Asian swords and hardware.

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Those ring pommels could very well be related to that Celtic style. Where is that particular dagger from? Celtic groups mingled with nomadic people of the western steppes during late antiquity, and each had an array of subcultures that varied between regions and time periods. If that dagger is from the east then I could see it being a plausible relative, but if it is from England then it is an unlikely candidate.