Famous Horse Archers

Name these notable "Horse Archers" from history.

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Peak	Hint	Answer
8th Century BCE	Known to history as the first Central Asian nomadic empire	Scythians
3rd Century BCE	Women had a prominent role in warfare. Dominated north of the Black Sea	Sarmatians
2nd Century BCE	Technically javelin-throwers, not archers, Livy called them "the best horsemen in Africa"	Numidian Cavalry
1st Century CE	These nomads dominated Persia, killed an invading Roman triumvir, and invented the "parting shot"	Parthians
4th Century CE	Shapur reformed this professional army of heavily armed cavalry	Sassanids
5th Century CE	Their infamous leader was the scourge of the Roman Empire	Huns
6th Century CE	These heavy cavalry, also found in Persian armies, became standard in the Byzantine military	Cataphracts
10th Century CE	These warriors adopted Islam and eventually took control of the Abassid caliphate	Turks
13th Century CE	Period in which horse archery, as well as the Samurai class, peaked in medieval Japan	Kamakura Period
13th Century CE	Their leader Temujin founded the largest empire ever seen, from China to Europe	Mongols
14th Century CE	Founded by Batu, grandson of the Great Khan, this empire held the khanate's northwestern region for another century	Golden Horde
19th Century CE	This Native American confederation defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn	Sioux

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