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3000 BCE
When humans first used bow/arrow
The earliest people that used bow and arrows regularly were the Ancient Egyptians. They took in this stuff for hunting and warfare in 3,000BC. -
3000 BCE
When horses were first domesticated
Horses were valued in war because of their speed and reliability. They were primarily for transport and they were first involved in the war in a British cavalry attack. -
499 BCE
Greco persian wars
It ended with peace of callias, but by that time the result of actions taken in persian war battles, Athens had developed her own empire. Conflict mounted between the AThenians and the allies of Sparta. -
431 BCE
The peloponnesian war
The war was fought between the greek city states of Athens and Sparta. Athens ended up losing the war, bringing an end to the golden age of Ancient Greece. -
300 BCE
The development of the trebuchet
The trebuchet was an invaluable medieval siege attack weapon, similar to a catapult. The trebuchet was used for hurtling heavy stones to smash castle or city walls. -
264 BCE
Punic wars
Was a series of three wars fought between rome and carthage. AT the time they were some of the largest wars that had every taken place. It was meant to establish control over the strategic islands of corsica and sicily. -
500
The invention of the longbow
The arrows were three feet long and were used against infantry when their armour needed to be pierced. The arrows were made out of ash, oak or birch. It could shoot every five seconds. The longbow was a vital in the victory of the english over the french in the war. The ability of the archers to shoot more arrows per minute that crossbowmen. -
850
The invention of gunpowder
Chinese alchemists discovered gunpowder. Their explosive invention became the basis of almost every weapon used in war. It was used to shoot bullets to kill things. -
1095
Crusades
It was organized by western european christians after centuries of muslim war of expansion. Their primary objectives were to stop the expansion of muslim states and to reclaim for christianity the hold land in the middle east. -
1337
One Hundred Years War
It was a series of conflicts fought between England and France over succession to the French throne. It lasted 116 years and had major battles. The war started because Charles IV of france died without an immediate male heir and the two countries went to war over a disagreement about it. -
1364
The development of the first hand cannon
The gun tube was attached to a pole and held by the user, which he or an assistant applied a slow match to the touch hole to ignite the black powder charge. Hand cannon were the earliest known hand held firearms. -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Spanish conquistadors overthrew the Aztec Empire.Cotés helped old enemies of the aztecs defeat them in one of the most important events in the spanish colonization of the Americas. The spanish had a positive effect of the aztec civilization because they helped the society. They introduced the Aztecs to domestic animals, sugar, grains, and european farming practices. The spanish ended the Aztecs practice of human sacrifice. -
Thirty years war
It began as a religious war between the protestants and Roman Catholics in germany that engaged the austrian habsburgs and the princes. The war soon developed into a devastating struggle for the balance of power in europe. -
english civil war
was a period of armed conflict and political turmoil which pitted supporters of parliament against the crown. The trial and execution of charles I, the replacement of the monarchy with the commonwealth of england. -
The development of the first submarine
Submarines changed the war because it was easier to attack enemies from under water. Submarines were allowed to attack non military ships, due to the policy called "unrestricted submarine warfare." -
Napoleonic Wars
Was a series of wars between napoleonic france and shifting alliances of other european powers. They started after the French Revolution ended and napoleon bonaparte became powerful in france. -
The development of the revolver handgun
The revolver was the first true milti shot to be accepted into modern culture. The most important impact was the ability to allow the expansion of the American West as well as the introduction of the concept of a multi-shit firearm into the culture of America. -
The Taiping rebellion
It was a revolt against the qing dynasty in china. The taiping forces were run as a cult like group called the God worshipping society by self proclaimed prophet. This led to the deaths of more than 20 million people. -
The invention of the first iron-clad warship
The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. It changed the future of naval warfare. -
The development of the flintlock musket
The weapon had a burning piece of flint which would ignite the gunpowder and was less risky. It was more accurate at shooting and more efficient. It impacted warfare by helping people be more accurate shooters. -
The invention of the first machine gun
They could shoot hundreds of rounds of ammunition a minute. They were able to kill lots of people in a short amount of time. -
The American Civil War
The north and south differed greatly on economic issues. The war was about slavery, but mostly about its economic consequences. After decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states rights and westward expansion. The war between the states and as the civil war ended in confederate surrender. -
boxer rebellion
It supported peasant uprising that attempted to drive all foreigners from china. Antiforeign forces won control of the chinese government and persuaded the boxers to drop their opposition to the qing dynasty and untie with it in destroying the foreigners. -
The development of the first fighter aircraft
They were used for gathering information beyond enemy trenches, so they were essential for discovering where the enemy was based and what they were doing. It changed the perspective of war. -
World war 1
It started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. During the conflict, Germany and others fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan, and the united states.
The united states and its allied forces won. -
The development of the first tank
It impacted war because it had the capacity to withstand bombardment, machine gun fire, and barbed fences. This reduced injuries and fatalities to the soldiers. -
Russian Civil War
The war was to tear russia apart for three years. The war occurred because many groups had formed that opposed lenin's bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists and foreign nations. -
World War 2
It was fought between the axis powers (Germany,italy, japan) and the allied powers (britain, united states, soviet union, france) It was the deadliest war in all of man kind. With around 70 million people killed. It was because of the political takeover by adolf hitler and its aggressive policy. -
The use of the first atomic bomb
It helped them kill more people and to create a distraction. The bombs have only been used twice in war both times by the united states. -
The development of the ak-47
It was designed for soldiers who had to endure terrible conditions on the battlefield. It is light and can carry a lot of ammunition and it can withstand harsh weather and poor handling. -
cold war
Occured after world war II between the united states and the soviet union and their respective allies. The cold war was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. -
When the first hydrogen bomb was first tested
The test gave the United States a short lived advantage in the nuclear arms race. The successful soviet detonation of an atomic device. -
Rwandan Genocide
Members of the hutu ethnic majority in the eat-central african nation of rwanda murdered as many as 800,000 people, mostly of the tutsi minority. -
Second congo War
The war and its aftermath had caused 5.4 million deaths, making it the deadliest conflict worldwide. The war ended when the transitional government of the democratic republic of the congo took power. -
The development of the M.O.A.B
The moab creates a cloud of explosive material which is then ignited, generating a pressure wave. It is the US´s largest nonnuclear bomb.