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  2. Parthian shot - Wikipedia

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    Parthian shot. The Persian king Hormizd II hunts a lion by a Parthian shot. The Parthian shot is a light cavalry hit-and-run tactic made famous by the Parthians, an ancient Iranian people. While performing a real or feigned retreat at full gallop, the horse archers would turn their bodies back to shoot at the pursuing enemy.

  3. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...

  4. Archery - Wikipedia

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    Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. [ 1] The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. [ 2] Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity.

  5. Mounted archery - Wikipedia

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    Mounted archery is a form of archery that involves shooting arrows while on horseback. A horse archer is a person who does mounted archery. Archery has occasionally been used from the backs of other riding animals. In large open areas, mounted archery was a highly successful technique for hunting, for protecting herds, and for war.

  6. Unlawful Games Act 1541 - Wikipedia

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    The Unlawful Games Act 1541 ( 33 Hen. 8. c. 9), sometimes referred to as the Suppression of Unlawful Games Act 1541, [3] was an Act of the Parliament of England, designed to prohibit "Several new devised Games" that caused "the Decay of Archery ". [4] All Men under the Age of sixty Years "shall have Bows and Arrows for shooting".

  7. List of Olympic records in archery - Wikipedia

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    Recurve (Current) 72 arrow ranking round. 700. Kim Woo-jin. South Korea (KOR) 2016 Rio. 5 August 2016. [ 1] 216 arrow team ranking round.

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