Mounted archery
A horse archer, horsed archer, or mounted archer is a cavalryman armed with a bow, able to shoot while riding from horseback. Archery has occasionally been used from the backs of other riding animals. In large open areas, it was a highly successful technique for hunting, for protecting the herds, and for war. It was a defining characteristic of the Eurasian nomads during antiquity and the medieval period, including Iranian peoples (Scythians, Sarmatians, Sassanids) and Indians in antiquity, and by the Mongols and the Turkic peoples during the Middle Ages.By the expansion of these peoples, the practice also spread to Eastern Europe (via the Sarmatians and the Huns), to Mesopotamia, and to East Asia.In East Asia, horse archery came to be particularly honoured in the samurai tradition of Japa
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Mounted archery
A horse archer, horsed archer, or mounted archer is a cavalryman armed with a bow, able to shoot while riding from horseback. Archery has occasionally been used from the backs of other riding animals. In large open areas, it was a highly successful technique for hunting, for protecting the herds, and for war. It was a defining characteristic of the Eurasian nomads during antiquity and the medieval period, including Iranian peoples (Scythians, Sarmatians, Sassanids) and Indians in antiquity, and by the Mongols and the Turkic peoples during the Middle Ages.By the expansion of these peoples, the practice also spread to Eastern Europe (via the Sarmatians and the Huns), to Mesopotamia, and to East Asia.In East Asia, horse archery came to be particularly honoured in the samurai tradition of Japa
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A horse archer, horsed archer, ...... nches were especially skilled.
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Berittenes Bogenschießen ist e ...... zen häufig hilflos unterlegen.
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L'archerie montée désigne une technique de combat impliquant un cavalier armé d'un arc.
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Un arquero a caballo (o arquer ...... ilidades ecuestres magníficas.
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Конные лучники делятся на конн ...... были упразднены окончательно.
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弓騎兵(きゅうきへい、ゆみきへい)は弓を装備し、騎射を行う騎兵である。主にユーラシア・ステップ地帯に住む遊牧民によって編成されていた主に軽装の騎兵。
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弓骑兵是一种陆军兵种,以骑乘动物作为移动手段,使用的武器为弓箭。弓骑兵有可能是最早出现的骑兵兵种。
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A horse archer, horsed archer, ...... the samurai tradition of Japa
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Berittenes Bogenschießen ist e ...... zen häufig hilflos unterlegen.
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L'archerie montée désigne une technique de combat impliquant un cavalier armé d'un arc.
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Un arquero a caballo (o arquer ...... ilidades ecuestres magníficas.
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Конные лучники делятся на конн ...... уркополов. Конные лучники Вели
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弓騎兵(きゅうきへい、ゆみきへい)は弓を装備し、騎射を行う騎兵である。主にユーラシア・ステップ地帯に住む遊牧民によって編成されていた主に軽装の騎兵。
@ja
弓骑兵是一种陆军兵种,以骑乘动物作为移动手段,使用的武器为弓箭。弓骑兵有可能是最早出现的骑兵兵种。
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Archerie montée
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Arciere a cavallo
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Arquero a caballo
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Berittenes Bogenschießen
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Mounted archery
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Конные лучники
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弓騎兵
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弓騎兵
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