Ottoman empire swords
The Turks who migrated from Asia to Eurasia and Anatolia have deeply influenced the sword shapes of the Middle East with the swords they brought with them. Later on, with the rise of the Ottoman Empire, it also influenced Europe as the Ottoman Sword. (1- Persian shamshir; 2- Qama, georgian sword; 3- Turkish saber, 18th–19th century; 4- Persian kilij., 5- balkan yatagan, 1802-1803).
