Valkyria stringing her bow
Valkyria stringing her bow
Valkyria stringing her bow by Grok
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Category Fantasy » Mythology » Norse Myth
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Category Fantasy » Mythology » Norse Myth
Date Submitted
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TeeJay87 on August 2, 2020, 4:03:27 AM
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Grok on August 2, 2020, 5:16:28 PM
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TeeJay87 on August 3, 2020, 3:25:42 AM
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Unless this article is lying, such laminated bows are said to have been existing since 2000 years BC, though proven evidence states that the Scytians used such multi-layered bows around 400 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_bow#Scythian_bows,_bending_tips
Grok on August 3, 2020, 5:01:09 AM
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Bows have been around for more than 60 000 years. For most of the time just a single piece of wood. It seems the art has been lost and reinvent many times.
The materials need to make a composite bow was around and was used for different purposes. I see no reason why it could not have been invented even way before 2 000 BC and it wouldn't necessarily have left any archeological evidence for use to find. The factor that would have held the development back would probably be if the single piece of wood bow did a sufficiently good job during most of the bows history.
I would suspect that archery from horseback (and even from a chariot) might have been a factor than created a need for a different kind of bow than what could be used by a person on foot. But that is just an amateur speculation. I don't have any deeper knowledge on this.