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I believe the sport originated in Egypt as a punishment for outlaws.... so the phrase "Row to your death" is derived literally from a for of the death penalty




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Modern rowing first started on the River Thames in London England during the 18th century. The sport soon spread across Europe and then into America and Canada, and was one of the oldest sports in the modern Olympics.

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Bob must have been an early Phoenician who designed the first bank of oars, manned by slaves, for naval vessels so they could ram and sink the opposition.

The military leadership must have called him Awesome Bob.

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Rowing first became popular in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. It was just a method of transportation but was later used for recreation.

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Rowing started in 1896.

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It originated from Britain in the 18th century.

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