Why did European swords tend to be straight while Asian (Middle East, Steppes, south and Southeast Asia, even Japan slightly) tend to favor curbed swords?

by Super-Saiyan-Singh

I know both straight and curved swords were used everywhere, but it seems that generally Europeans favored straights swords while Asia went with curved swords. Even the katana is slightly curved.

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You might be interested in some previous threads on the subject:

Why were curved swords more prevalent in eastern militaries while Europeans preferred straight swords? by u/BlueStraggler
Why did Eastern armies prefer curved swords over the straight swords of their western counterparts? by u/wotan_weevil
Why did Western cultures use straight pointed swords but Asian/Indian/Arab cultures used curved blade predominantly? again by wotan, with more pictures and some contribution from u/FlavivsAetivs