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Where did archery start?

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Is thought to have origenated in southern Africathousands of years ago (no one knows exactly when). the first bows were short bows like what the American Indians used. then the Egyptians invented Composite bows, and later the Chinese invented Crossbows. then the English invented long bows and then firearms were invented.

Is thought to have origenated in southern Africa thousands of years ago (no one knows exactly when). the first bows were short bows like what the American Indians used. then the Egyptians invented Composite bows, and later the Chinese invented Crossbows. then the English invented long bows and then firearms were invented.

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The word Archery comes from Latin, where "arc" means to curve (You should have learned this in elementary school...). The "arc" comes from the shape that the archer contorts the bow into in order to build up potential energy to propel the arrow forward.

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In Spanish, the infinitive for "to do archery" is "tirar con arco". "Tirar" means to shoot and "arco" means arc.

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Archery is a sport in which a person uses a bow and arrow to hit a target. It is not known where archery originated, but it is known that it was used in combat and hunting originally. It probably became a sport around the 1300's.

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it was used all over the world for hunting but Robin Hood used his bow when he went off to the "holy war" also known as the crusaides.

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china and americas but there is dispute over who invented it though

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12y ago

Archery started back in 300 B.C. in Greece as an Olympic sport.

archery started ovr 7000 years ago in china and then delevoped in Egypt and syria and greece

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