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    What country was first to use crossbows? And which was the first country to use normal bows (i.e Long Bow, Recurve, I wouldn't include compound, 'cause that's fairly recent)?

    Question #42488. Asked by Tadpole Angel. (Dec 18 03 10:51 PM)


    griffinj

    		The crossbow was well developed in China by 200 B.C.
    http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow
    the Longbow was first recorded as being used by the Welsh in 633 (with a nod to Mochyn)
    Evidence of bows bearing cross-sections of the traditional "D" shape, others rounded while others flat have been in use for approximately 5,000 years.

    Dec 18 03, 11:59 PM

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