Warfare

By Renee Sherrill
  • 3000 BCE

    Domestication of horses

    Horses were used for battle and getting around, without them most travel in old-time warfare would have been nonexistent.
  • 1401 BCE

    Matchlock Gun

    Invented somewhere between 1401 – 1500, a major advance in the manufacture of small arms.
  • 1180 BCE

    Invention of longbow

    A longbow is a type of bow that is tall nearly the same height as the person using it. Which allows the archer a fairly long draw
  • 1027 BCE

    First Bow/Arrow

    The bow/arrow impacted warfare by being one of the first used weapons, the bow/arrow could shoot further than other weapons used at the time so it was used to longer distanced attacks. It was first used around 1766-1027BC, but no one is sure the exact date.
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    Ancient greek war, Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. Normally separated into three parts.
  • 300 BCE

    Development of trebuchet

    In medieval wars the trebuchet and other siege engines were used to attack castles and destroy defences. Trebuchets catapulted huge boulders, smashing down walls. They could also be used to fire diseased bodies and dead animals into a besieged castle or walled city.
  • 1 CE

    fire time humans used spears

    0000
  • 618

    First hadncannon

    The first firearms used during combat in recorded history.
  • 904

    Gunpowder was invented

    Gunpowder is still used today, without it we might not have guns, which is one of the largest used weapons.
  • Period: 1519 to 1521

    Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire

    Headed by Hernán Cortés, beat the Aztec empire.Cortés helped 'old enemies' of the aztecs defeat them in one of the most significant events in the Spanish colonization of the america's.
  • 1578

    Submarine was developed

    The Submarine is an invention still used today, which is responsible for most underwater discoveries. 157
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    Eng. Civil War

    political machinations between Parliamentarians
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    Napoleonic Wars

    The French Revolution was the main reason for the Napoleonic wars because of the impact it had on the rest of Europe

  • revolver handgun

    Has been used in combat and duels for a long long time, has since evolved into bigger guns that we use for war.
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    The Taiping Rebellion

    massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in China between Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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    American civil war

    Civil war was predominantly fought because of slaves and racism.

  • Invention of iron-clad warship

    Warships are used in the navy and some other military. Iron clad ships are more protective o the soldiers who use them, which makes water warefare much easier.

  • Machine gun

    The first fully automatic weapon was created by Hiram Maxim in 1885, and it is a high powered killing machine that rapid fires hundreds.

  • M.O.A.B

    acronym referring to a large bomb in the US military
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    WW1

    First war fought where the whole world was involved.

  • Tank was invented

    Tanks are used in combat and wars to blow up things that men cannot. They are a very powerful weapon.
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    WW2

    2nd world war, caused because of hitler and his dictatorship.

  • first Atomic bomb was used

    The atomic bomb killed 80,000 people, brutally.

  • Hydrogen bomb was first tested

    The first test was on the island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The explosion, nicknamed "Mike Shot", was extremely successful.

  • Anti satellite laser

    Anti-satellite missiles can be deployed against enemy satellites, disrupting crucial intelligence during war.