Statistics for Famous Horse Archers

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Peak	Hint	Answer	% Correct
5th Century CE	Their infamous leader was the scourge of the Roman Empire	Huns	100%
19th Century CE	This Native American confederation defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn	Sioux	100%
13th Century CE	Their leader Temujin founded the largest empire ever seen, from China to Europe	Mongols	75%
1st Century CE	These nomads dominated Persia, killed an invading Roman triumvir, and invented the "parting shot"	Parthians	50%
4th Century CE	Shapur reformed this professional army of heavily armed cavalry	Sassanids	50%
8th Century BCE	Known to history as the first Central Asian nomadic empire	Scythians	50%
10th Century CE	These warriors adopted Islam and eventually took control of the Abassid caliphate	Turks	50%
6th Century CE	These heavy cavalry, also found in Persian armies, became standard in the Byzantine military	Cataphracts	25%
14th Century CE	Founded by Batu, grandson of the Great Khan, this empire held the khanate's northwestern region for another century	Golden Horde	25%
2nd Century BCE	Technically javelin-throwers, not archers, Livy called them "the best horsemen in Africa"	Numidian Cavalry	25%
13th Century CE	Period in which horse archery, as well as the Samurai class, peaked in medieval Japan	Kamakura Period	0%
3rd Century BCE	Women had a prominent role in warfare. Dominated north of the Black Sea	Sarmatians	0%