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An assegai or '''assagai''' (originally Berber ''zaġāya'' "spear", from Old French ''azagaie'' < Old Spanish ''azagaya'' < Arabic ''az-zaġāyah'') is a Weapon for throwing or hurling, usually a light Spear or Javelin made of Wood and pointed with Iron . It was exported to the Iberian peninsula and was used up through the gunpowder period; for example, the 14th century Catalan Christian foot mercenaries called the Almogàvers wielded this weapon to great effect throughout southern Europe and the Levant. In Southern Africa , particularly among the Zulu , assegai were generally used as stabbing weapons instead or, in shorter form, for close-quarter combat. Shaka of the Zulu invented this shorter-style assegai. SEE ALSO
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