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3500 BCE
When humans first use bow/arrow
they used it and still do use it to hunt and kill animals -
3000 BCE
When horses were first domesticated
ese were wild horses and were probably hunted for meat. How and when horses became domesticated is disputed. -
431 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. -
431 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. -
300 BCE
The development of the trebuchet
Trebuchet history dates back to antiquity. The traction trebuchet is believed to be an ancient war engine which was invented in China in 300BC. -
Period: 264 BCE to 164 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. -
Period: 12 BCE to 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. -
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The invention of gunpowder
Gun powder was created to be able to shoot a gun so you can protect yourself and hunt animals -
Period: 1095 to 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 rule. The term crusade is now also applied to other church-sanctioned and even non-religious campaigns. -
1180
The invention of the longbow
also used as a weapon of war and for hunting -
1331
The development of the first handcannon
Also used as defence could be used in war. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
100 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. -
1470
The development of the matchlock gun
Also used for war and defence. -
1515
The development of the first submarine -
Used basically as an underwater boat so you can hide or have an underwater war -
Period: to
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists principally over the manner of England's governance -
Period: to
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 -
Period: to
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 to 1864 between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. -
The invention of the first iron-clad warship
The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859 -
Period: to
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 Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. -
he invention of the first machine gun
another weapon of war -
Period: to
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising, or Yihetuan Movement was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. -
The development of the first tank.
The British developed the tank in response to the trench warfare of World War I. -
The use of the first atomic bomb
a weapon of war it can destorys many town depding on the size -
Period: to
World War I
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. -
Period: to
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the two Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. -
Period: to
world war II
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. -
Period: to
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. -
When the first hydrogen bomb was first tested
The first series of thermonuclear tests conducted by the United States took place in November 1952 during Operation IVY. -
The development of the anti-satellite laser
Anti-satellite missiles can be deployed against enemy satellites, disrupting crucial intelligence during war. -
Period: to
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. (Mother of all bombs)
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB /ˈmoʊæb/, commonly known as "Mother of All Bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory.