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3000 BCE
When humans first used bow/arrow
the earliest people known to have regularly used bows and arrows were the Ancient Egyptians, who adopted archery for hunting and warfare. In China, the earliest evidence of archery dates to the Shang Dynasty -
3000 BCE
When horses were first domesticated
Humans acquire their most important single ally from the animal kingdom when they domesticate the horse. Wild horses of various kinds have spread throughout most of the world by the time human history begins. -
Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE
Greco Persian Wars
The Persian Wars ended with the Peace of Callias of 449, but by this time, and as a result of actions taken in Persian War battles, Athens had developed her own empire. Conflict mounted between the Athenians and the allies of Sparta. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War took place between the Athenian empire and Peloponnesian league lead by the Spartans. -
300 BCE
The development of the trebuchet
The traction trebuchet is believed to be an ancient war engine which was invented in China. It is thought that the trebuchet may have developed from the stave sling. -
Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
Punic Wars
they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place. -
203
The development of the M.O.A.B. (Mother of all bombs)
a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory. -
904
The invention of gunpowder
spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of the 13th century. -
Period: 1095 to 1492
Crusades
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. -
1180
The invention of the longbow
The longbow is an incredibly strong piece of wood roughly 6 feet tall and 5/8 inch wide. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
One Hundred Years War
long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne. -
1400
The development of the matchlock gun
a device for igniting gunpowder developed in the 15th century, a major advance in the manufacture of small arms. The matchlock was the first mechanical firing device. -
1450
The development of the first handcanon
the arquebus, this was a large, bulky weapon at 36-40 inches long and weighing ten pounds. -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernán Cortés, overthrew the Aztec Empire. This event is called the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Cortés helped old enemies of the Aztecs defeat them in one of the most important events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas -
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Thirty Years War
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. -
The development of the first submarine
he first successful submarine was built by Cornelius Drebbel and tested in the Thames River, where it completed a three-hour journey. -
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English Civil War
a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists principally over the manner of England's governance. -
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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. In the French revolution, the Head of state, the Monarch, lost their power, and the common people took over with the ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. -
The development of the revolver handgun
Samuel Colt submitted a British patent for his revolver in 1835 and an American patent for a Revolving gun -
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The Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a civil war in southern China waged against the ruling Manchu Qing dynasty.Led by Hong Xiuquan, it is estimated that at least 20 million people died, mainly civilians, in one of the deadliest military conflicts in history. -
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The American Civil War
many refer to as the four bloodiest years in American history, came to an end in the spring of 1865, when Robert E. Lee and the last, major Confederate army surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9. -
The invention of the first iron-clad warship
the day after the Virginia sank two Union ships, the ironclads met in battle for the first time at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The two fought to a draw, bouncing hundreds of shots off each other's armor over an hours-long battle. -
The invention of the first machine gun
The first practical self-powered machine gun. -
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Boxer Rebellion
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 development of the first tank.
The first offensive using tanks, during the Battle of the Somme. -
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Russian Civil War
he 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. -
Period: to
World War II
the political takeover in 1933 of Germany by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party and its aggressive foreign policy, and to a lesser extent, Italian Fascism in the 1920s, and Japanese militarism preceding an invasion of China in the 1930s. -
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World War I
It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand and his wife, on 28th June 1914 by Bosnian revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip. -
Period: to
Cold War
political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers -
The use of the first atomic bomb
the United States dropped its first atomic bomb from a B-29 bomber plane called the Enola Gay on Japanese city of Hiroshima. The “Little Boy” exploded with about 13 kilotons of force, leveling five square miles of the city and killing 80,000 people instantly. -
When the first hydrogen bomb was first tested
The explosion, nicknamed the "Mike Shot", was very successful. -
The development of the anti-satellite laser
Japan and other countries about the test in advance. It was the first known successful satellite intercept test. -
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Rwandan Genocide
a conflict between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the government of Rwanda, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front. -
Period: to
Second Congo War
the Great War of Africa or the Great African War, and sometimes referred to as the African World War