Crossbow

Period

c. 500 BC

Map

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A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who uses a crossbow is called a crossbowman, an arbalister or an arbalist.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. 500 BCCrossbowThis page
2. AD 68White Horse Temple, China's first Buddhist temple
3. AD 105Cai Lun improves papermaking
4. AD 132Zhang Heng presents the first seismoscope

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