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The Bow and Arrow

The bow and arrow started out as a weapon for hunting back in ancient times. As time

went by it was also used for recreation and the main defense for soldiers in armies.

Recurve bows were invented around 2,800 years ago by the Assyrians. The compound

bow invented in 1966 in the USA. What major charges have occurred from the old style

recurve bow to a newer compound bow?

Evidence shows that the bow and arrow were discovered in every part of the

world except Australia. Early bows were usually made of wood branches or saplings

with strings made of animal hide. Bows as old as 50,000 years have been found in

Tunisia and prehistoric cave paintings have been found with depictions of people using

the bow and arrow. The earliest bows were used by hunters to kill animals they could not

Archery was a sport in ancient Egypt, China, and India. Extremely powerful and

accurate composite bows were later made of wood, bone, and animal tendons by

craftsman in the Far East. As the bow improved it was soon incorporated into warfare.

Military leaders had archers launch hundreds of arrows at the enemy lines. They use

archery in warfare reached its peak in the Middle Ages with the English longbow is men.


two of them look similar but are far different when they are really observed.

Also archers who hunt with compounds use additional shooting aids like a telescope

2.

break I easily held my compound back with no problems even though I was pulling sixty

3.

strain of all that weight being held back for that short amount of time. After a quick

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