CLASSIC-BOW EUROPE

In fact it took quite a long time for combined cases for bows and arrows to became fashionable. The bow, in particular, only found a place in the collective quiver quite late. It wasn't until around 2000 BCE that bows were to be found in the complex weapon cases on the side of chariots, and it took even more time until they moved onto the warrior's back. Therefore the collective case or quiver, for both bows and arrows, which developed by the First Millennium BCE, by the 6th Century BCE had moved onto the waist-belt of horsemen at first with, and later without a cover... Apart from the small bow protectors of Egyptian infantry archers, that were only meant to shield the bow from the sweat of the archer's hands, there was no combined quiver available to very early archers. Soon after the evolution of the arrow case (also known as the quiver), came the next development phase: compartments in which it was possible to carry both the arrows and the bow. The predecessors of the combined..