Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Archery

Archery is a sport that dates back years and years before the mordern day version that we have today with all sorts of high-tech equipment and different techniques of shooting and competing with other archers.
2800BC ,the first composite bow was produced by the egyptians.It was made from wood ,tipped with animal horn and held together with animal sinew and glue.Unstrung,it resembleda "C" shape and would have required two people to string it.In normal competitions, matches are against one other archer. The archers take turns shooting arrows at a fixed target with ten concentric rings colored two each white,black blue,red and yellow.
Although archery has definitely changed since the people of the bible first use it,without it history might have turned out much differently.Bows and arrows saved many people's lives,and even do today.As a means of hunting animals for food,as a defensive or conquering weapon,or as an instrument in competition,the bow and arrow has impacted the world.Physically the structure of archery has developed,the circumstances for which archers use their blow and arrows has changed drastically,and the way in which warfare utilized archery has nearly come to an end.Archery has etched and will continue to etch an imprint on the world's mind-even if in history ,legends and stories.

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