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20,000 BCE
humans first used bow/arrow
Stick and string that could launch a small sharp spere -
3000 BCE
Horses were first domesticated
When horses were trained to be used for human purposes -
Period: 1200 BCE to 1100 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. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Peloponnesian War
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
A giant slingshot that could throw large rocks -
Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
Punic wars
A series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage -
800
invention of gunpowder
Explosive powder used in guns and bombs -
Period: 1095 to 1492
Crusades
A series of religious wars. -
1180
The invention of the longbow
A bigger bow that could shoot further. -
1200
The first hand cannon
The first gun, it was a metal tube that had the end filled with gunpowder and you had to lite it with a match to fire it. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
One hundred years of war
A war between 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 -
1400
Development of the matchlock gun
A gun that used one hand for firing and a stand to hold it up -
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Thirty years war
Fought primarily in Central Europe and it was one of the most destructive conflicts in human history -
Development of the first submarine
A boat that could go underwater -
Period: to
English civil war
A civil war fought by the English between the Parliamentarians and Royalists -
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Napoleonic Wars
A series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers -
Development of the revolver handgun
A hand gun that could be fired more than once without having to be reloaded -
first atomic bomb
A huge bomb that could be used for mass destruction -
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The Taiping Rebellion
Civil war in China -
Invention of the first ironclad warship
The first war ship made of metal instead of wood or other alternatives -
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American Civil War
A war fought by the North and South of the united states against one another. -
Invention of the first machine gun
An automatic gun that could shoot several round without having to stop -
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Boxer rebellion
An anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China -
Period: to
WW1
A war fought by almost every country with their allies against a common enemy -
development of the first tank
Heavy metal automobile with a gun used for warfare -
Period: to
Russia civil war
Civil war in the russian empire -
Period: to
WW2
A second WW1 but with different origins and causes -
Use of the fist atomic bomb
A bomb using fusion to create an explosive force. -
Period: to
Cold war
A tension between the soviet union and its allies and the US and its allies. -
First hydrogen bomb was first tested
A bomb that releases its destructive force by fusion of hydrogen -
Period: to
Rwandan Genocide
A mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu in Rwanda -
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Second congo war
The second civil war for congo that broke out shortly after the first one (November 1996 – May 1997) -
development of the M.O.A.B
The biggest bomb created by mankind, it weighs 21,000 lbs.