of more than 100 cm. These are the "type A" swords of the Aegean Bronze Age.

One of the most important, and longest-lasting, types of swords of the European Bronze Age was the Naue II type (named for Julius Naue who first described them), also known as Griffzungenschwert . This type first appears in c. the 13th century BC in Northern Italy (or a general Urnfield