User blog comment:Richard Starkey/Blackpowder Conquerors User tourney Round 2: Richard Starkey Vs. Facetheslayer/@comment-3166030-20110917071009/@comment-1017446-20110917155740

Actually soldiers were quick to adopt black powder weapons. The Chinese used black powder weapons once they saw its practical usage in the battlefield against Mongol invaders, under the Yuan Dynasty the Mongols quickly adopted black powder weapons, soon Arabs learned of gun powder and used muskets it against Mongols who indirectly influenced the Arabs to wield black powder weapons into battle, once the Arabs and Mongols began to raid mainland Europe, guess what happened? Soldiers began to toss aside the bow and arrow and grabbed fire-lock muskets and manned cannons.