warfare

  • 3000 BCE

    When horses were first domesticated

    Humans acquire their most important single ally from the animal kingdom when they domesticate the horse.
  • 1027 BCE

    bows and arrows

    the earliest people known to have regularly used bows and arrows were the Ancient Egyptians, who adopted archery around 3,000BC for hunting and warfare.
  • 1216

    The development of the trebuchet

    he Trebuchet was introduced to England in 1216 during the Siege of Dover - as were many other types of siege engine.