Hi, I’m new and I’ve been working on a medieval-esque setting inspired by Pokémon. I decided to go into the history of the world before expanding the regions I already have.

I have this section under the Bronze Age,

“The Bronze Age also brought the peak of new weaponry: the crossbow and the sword — two types of swords, actually. The crossbow was invented toward the end of the Bronze Age, at ~3,350 BE, meaning it was in use for about 150 years before the Iron Age. These were not true crossbows, as they required two people to man it, so it was technically a bowgun. The majority of the gun was wooden, with bronze-reinforced limbs. The Bearer would hold up the front of the crossbow and carry bolts, putting them in the barrel. The Gunman would notch the bolt onto the rope, crank to load, turn the stock to aim, and pull the trigger to fire,”

and I was wondering if the bowgun seemed too complicated to understand without visuals or if it was just unrealistic. I know the actual crossbow was invented in the Iron Age.

Btw, “bow” means a handheld projectile weapon, like a bow, sling, crossbow, etc; “gun” means a larger or mechanically powered missile weapon, like the catapult, ballista, cannon, etc.