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Bow fishing uses bow,but it has and arrow connected to a string so you don't loose your arrow no one knows when bow fishing was invented but it started in the Philippines.
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The recurve uses the same arrows same everything as the long bow,but its arms are curved at the ends so more tension builds making the arrow fly faster without making the bow longer.
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flaming arrows started in the Roman era.The Greeks also used flaming arrows dipping it in a very special mixture called thermite,but theirs where liquid so you would put a cloth on and arrow then dip and finnaly fire quite litteraly fire because Greeks found out that wooden ships and liquid thermite don't mix.
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A crossbow is a bow that shoots "bolts" instead of arrows.It is also always ready to fire when charged.The crossbow is fired from the shoulder instead of from arms.
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Arrows have tips for penitraiting.One is called a feild tip the other a broad tip.Feild tips are used for practice and broud tips are made for killing.
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Modern crossbow mainly just have stiffer arms,full shoulder stocks,charging post,sights,and quivers.Crossbows evolved into what they are now around the 1950's
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most arrows now a days use carbon fiber for their body and steel tips.They also use fletchlings to make them fly straighter.
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The compound bow is a bow that uses a gear like system to create tention without bending the arms.The compound bow can also have a sight and what is called a "stabalizer" which you geussed it stabalizes the bow for better accuacy.
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the first bows and arrows were found in Africa and were made of sticks,any rock they could napp,and there were no flechings.
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The longbow takes a normal bow and exspands the wings out more so that there are more tension making the arrow travel through the air smoother and faster.The long bow was also made in Africa.