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Bows were made by craftsmen called bowyers.

Longbows have been made since prehistoric times all over the world, but the famous longbow of the Middle Ages is the English longbow, which was derived from the bows used by the Welsh.

The distinctive feature of the English longbow, which made it different from other longbows, was that it had enormous power. Its draw was often 200 pounds or 90 kilograms, which meant that a man could not use one unless he had been practicing for years. Very few modern archers are strong enough to use such bows. The medieval archers who used them can be identified by the alterations their bodies did to their bones to deal with the demands of the bows.

The arrows from these bows could penetrate armor at distances of hundreds of meters, killing the knight they struck. An archer could shoot several times per minute, and the effect on the enemy was probably much worse than what firearms would do until repeating rifles were developed. The great reason the musket replaced the bow was that it did not require much training.

The long bow's range measured in yards was 200 yards and could be fired six times faster than a crossbow.

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Bows were invented towards the end of the Paleothic Era. around 4,000 BC. They were used for accurate, long-ranged hunting.

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About the fourteenth century AD.

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the crossbow was invented in 678 B.C.

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