Scimitars were used in the past by the turks and the persians .
过去土耳其人和波斯人用短弯刀。
They used a composite bow that could rip through armor , and were also pretty good with lances and scimitars .
他们使用的是可以射穿铁战甲的复合弓，而且特别擅长于长矛与短弯刀攻击。
They had plenty of the finest toys in the world , and the most astonishing picture books : all about scimitars and slippers and turbans , and dwarfs and giants and genii and fairies and blue-bears and beanstalks and riches and caverns and forests and valentines and orsons : all new and all true .
