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Byzantines also used something similar as well sometimes. That's far enough away that it could've been independently developed, but there was also a fair amount of trade with China so it may have spread that way. I don't know the history that well, only the range it was used in. They're supposed to be good for distance shots and if your enemy doesn't have a track to have them ride on, they can't be shot back at you.
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