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Handshake history

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The earliest known depictions of the handshake as a social greeting go back to 9th century BC Assyria. Other, later, written evidence comes from Ancient Rome and Greece.

But the history of its origins, and the suggested symbolism - that the participants are not carrying weapons - is very uncertain.

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