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18,000 BCE
When humans first use bows and arrows
used for many things such as hunting and shooting sports -
4000 BCE
When horses were first domesticated
Domesticated on the grasslands of ukraine, southwest russia and west kazakhstan. They were used for riding and as a source of meat and milk. -
Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE
greco persian wars
a series of conflicts between the achaemenid empire and the greek city-states -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
the peloponnesian war
an ancient greek war fought by the delian league by athens against the peloponnesian league by sparta. -
300 BCE
development of the trebuchet
an ancient war engine that was invented in china. used to propel missiles and bombs -
Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
punic wars
a series of three wars fought between rome and carthage. at that time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place. -
500
the longbow
a very long bow, roughly equal to the height of the user -
850
The invention of gunpowder
discovered by a chinese alchemist. the basis of almost every weapon. -
Period: 1093 to 1492
crusades
the crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the latin church in the medieval period. the most well known crusades are the campaign in the eastern mediterranean aimed at recovering teh holy land from muslim rule -
1247
development of the hand cannon
consists of a barrel, a handle, and sometimes a stock. first used in spain and and germany. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
one hundred years war
a series of conflicts waged by the house of plantagenet, rulers of the kingdom of england, against the french valois, over the right to rule the kingdom of france. -
1515
development of the first submarine
leonardo de vinci sketched a primitive design. in 1578, william borne drafted the first design for a submersible craft. -
Period: 1519 to 1521
spanish conquest of the aztec empire
spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, overthrew the aztec empire -
development of the flintlock musket
uses a flint striking ignition mechanism. -
Period: to
thirty years war
a war fought primarily in central europe. one of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements, but fro violence, famine, and plague. -
Period: to
english civil war
a series of civil wars and political machinations between parliamentarians and and royalists principally over the manner of england's government -
Period: to
napoleonic wars
a series of major pitting the french empire and its allies. led by napoleon bonaparte against a fluctuating array of european formed in various coalitions. financed and usually led by the united kingdom -
development of the revolver handgun
samuel colt submitted a british patent. made the first production model on march 5, 1836. -
development of the first machine gun
first successful machine gun was successful in the mid-19th century. -
development of the ironclad warship
steam propelled warship protected by iron or steel plates. developed as a result of vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells -
Period: to
the taiping rebellion
also known as the taiping civil war or taiping revolution, waged in china between the established manchu-led qing dynasty and the taiping heavenly kingdom -
Period: to
the american civil war
a civil war fought between the north and south states of america. the first battle fought was the battle of fort sumter and the last battle fought was the battle of palmito ranch. the president during the war was abraham lincoln. -
Period: to
boxer rebellion
an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-christian uprising that took place in china , toward the end of the qing dynasty -
Period: to
world war 1
also known as the first war or the great war. began after the assassination of the archduke franz ferdinand. fought between the central powers (germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire) and the allied powers (great britain, france russia, italy, romania, japan, and america. -
development of the first fighter aircraft
used in ww1. developed in france. on april 1, 1915 pilot roland garros took to the air in an airplane armed with a machine gun that fired through its propeller. -
development of the first tank
first prototype was made in france but first to put a tank of the field was britain (little willie). -
Period: to
russian civil war
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 -
development of the atomic bomb
the manhattan project. developed during ww2 in a laboratory in berlin, germany by a nuclear physicist. only been used 2 times in war- both times by the united states against japan in ww2. -
Period: to
world war 2
adolf hitler was a big part of this war. presidents were franklin roosevelt and harry truman. fought between the axis powers (germany, italy, and japan) and the allied powers (great britain, the soviet union, the united states, and china). communism was a big deal. -
development of the ak-47
a gas operated 7.26x39mm assault rifle developed by the soviet union by mikhail kalashnikov. -
Period: to
cold war
period of geopolitical tension between the soviet union with its satellite states, and the united states and their allies after world war 2. no weapons were used, unlike an actual war. this was just like a competition -
the first hydrogen bomb was first tested
conducted its first nuclear test of a hydrogen bomb at eniwetok in the marshall islands -
Period: to
rwandan genocide
a mass slaughter of tutsi, twa, and moderate hutu in rwanda and took place during the rwandan civil war.
death toll: 500,000-1,074,017 -
Period: to
the seconds congo war
began in the dominican republic of the congo in august 1998, a little more than a year after the first congo war, and involved the same issues. the war officially ended when the transitional government of the dominican republic of the congo took power. -
development of m.o.a.b (mother of all bombs)
designed by the air force research lab and used by the united states air force