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Invention of the Elm Holmegaard Bows
This bow was made in 8000 BC during the Mesolithic period. This was a short bow made to be easy to use due to its low draw weight. This was the first real bow ever to be made. It had indentions on both sides of the bow at the halfway points as handholds and arrow nocking points. These bows are considered to be the very first true bows because they are the first bows where the limbs mainly propeled the projectile foward instead of the string that was used. -
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Trilobite Arrowhead
In 100 BC the trilobite arrowhead was made. This modification of the arrowhead allowed the arrows fired by bows to be more aerodynamic, and fly farther because of their lighter head. These arrows also were barbed making it impossible for arrows to be pulled out of the wound. Also, these arrows were primarily made out of the teeth of animals until the iron and bronze ages. -
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Composite Bows
These bows were made in 1700 BC by the Shintasha-Petrovic culture. These bows were varriations of the Elm Holmegaard bows. They used a wider variety of materials to make the bow stronger and more powerful. The string was wrapped around the limbs many times before connecting to the other side of the bow while the limbs themselves were made to be wertical when not drawn. This bow greatly increased the range of bows and was the first viable war bow. -
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The Huns (The Mongolian Recurve Bow)
In the year 300, the Huns took over asia with the help of the mongolian recurve bow. This bow's re-curve, hence its name, allowed for shots to have more power, but without the need to make the bow any bigger. These bows were also very accurate due to the handel having an inner curve, this allowed the user to have more control on how he was holding the bow and at what angle he was holding the bow. -
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Longbow
The longbow was made by the English during the hundred years war. This bow was made to be abnormally large. These bows could only be used by the strongest and best archers in armies due to their enormous draw weight. The biggest advantage of these bows were that they had a long range and that they were extremely accurite. This bows height usually varied from six ffet tall to nine feet tall. -
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The History of The Bow and Arrow
The actual start date is 9000 BCE with the construction of the Elm Holmegaard Bows from Denmark. -
Compound Bows
Hollen Wilbur Allen made this bow in 1966. This bow uses a set of pulleys and cabels to bend the limbs of the bow. These pulley systyems reduce draw weight dramatically and increase accuracy. This bow has a very limited range due to the the abcence of power coming from the limbs of the bow, all of the propolsion power comes from the pulleys. This bow is also the only type of bow to have never been used in war, it is a bow for sports. -
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