1. A Short history of Archery Samantha Byers

2. The very beginning  Archery is the oldest sport that is still currently practiced  Civilization  1200 BC  Hittites and Assyrians  Bows were made of tendon, horn, and re-curved wood

3. When it all started!  1567 - 1320 BC Egyptian pharaohs favored archery  1027 - 256 BC in China - Zhou (chou) dynasty  Who attended?  English longbow  Why?

4. The Olympics  Archery 1 st appeared in 1900  Significance of 1904  52 year break  1972 games till the present

5. Competition advancement- 1992  Head to Head match play  Modern archery  Four events  Men and women  Team and individual

6. How does the competition work?  Head to head rules  Rankings (qualifications)  Only the winner continues  Team events are organized the same way. Targets are 70 meters away, 1.22 meters across, 1.3 meters above ground and contain 10 concentric rings.

7. References  http://www.olympic.org/fita http://www.olympic.org/fita  http://www.olympic.org/archery-equipment- and-history?tab=history http://www.olympic.org/archery-equipment- and-history?tab=history