This book examines hand-held projectile weapons from the 13th to 14th centuries—bows, arrows, and crossbows—in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia and related issues concerning their origin, characteristics, and classification. This period is particularly interesting due to the fact that Western weapons, including crossbows, spread throughout the western territories of the Golden Horde, while some Eastern weapons found their way to the West. Of course, the history of the Balkan countries is largely linked to the military art of Byzantium, which is why the parallels found in hand-held throwing weapons from the western and eastern territories of the Empire are even more interesting. The objective difficulties associated with the development of the topic are also obvious – first of all, the fact that, being made of organic materials, most of the bows from the 13th-14th centuries have not survived to this day. Mostly parts of bows and iron arrowheads remain available for study. It is precisely the chronology of these materials in their archaeological context that has attracted the author's attention.