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3500 BCE
when humans first used bow/arrows
they helped make long distance shots and they are sneaky so no one knew you were there -
3000 BCE
when horses were first domesticated
They have quicker passage to areas and they were also a variety. Giving the people with horses the advantage -
404 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases. -
300 BCE
the development of trebuchet
it was able to destroy large areas from a distance -
146 BCE
Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place. The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning "Carthaginian", with reference to the Carthaginians' Phoenician ancestry. -
142 BCE
the invention of gunpowder
make it able for people to use guns -
13 BCE
Trojan Wars
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad. -
1180
the longbow
it created more accurate distance and shots -
1242
the development of the first hand cannon
it was the first gunpowder weapon being a big deal -
1440
the matchlock gun
it was a major advancement in small arms -
1453
One Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the French House of Valois, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France. Each side drew many allies into the war. -
1492
Crusades
The crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best-known crusades are the campaigns in the eastern Mediterranean aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Muslim -
1521
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Spanish–Mexica War, was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the events by Spanish conquerors, their indigenous allies, and the defeated Aztecs -
1578
The development of the first submarine
used basically as an underwater boat so you can hide -
Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. One of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements but also from violence, famine, and plague. -
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") principally over the manner of England's governance. -
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom -
The development of the revolver handgun
self defence/war -
The development of the revolver handgun
self defence or war -
The invention of the first iron-clad warship
the fist ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy -
the taiping rebellion
the taiping rebellion, which is also known as the taiping civil war or the taiping revolution, was a massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in china from 1850 -
The American Civil War
The american civil war was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the South -
The invention of the first machine gun
another weapon of war -
Boxer Rebellion
In 1900, in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion (or the Boxer Uprising), a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. -
The use of the first atomic bomb
a weapon of war it can destroy many towns depending on the size -
The development of the first tank
The british developed the tank in response to the trench warfare if ww1 -
world war 1
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War. The Russian Civil War was to tear Russia apart for three years – between 1918 and 1921. The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. -
world war two
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis -
When the first hydrogen bomb was first tested
the first series of thermonuclear tests conducted by the united states -
The development of the anti-satellite laser
anti-satellite missiles can be deployed against enemy satellites -
cold war
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II. The historiography of the conflict began between 1946 and 1947. The Cold War began to de-escalate after the Revolutions of 1989. -
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu in Rwanda, which took place between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. -
the development of the M.O.A.B
the GBU-43/B massive Ordnance Air Blast is a large yield bomb -
Second Congo War
The Second Congo War began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues. The war officially ended in July 2003, when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power.