Warfare Timeline

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  • 3500 BCE

    Domesticated horses

    It gave people a faster way of travel in warfare instead of being on foot.
  • 3000 BCE

    Bow/Arrow

    Bow and arrow changed the level of warfare tactically.
  • 492 BCE

    Greco Persian Wars

    a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century. The fighting was most intense during two invasions that Persia launched against mainland Greece.
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian war

    Ancient Greek war faught by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by the Sparta.
  • 300 BCE

    Development of trebuchet

    It was like a catapult that launched deadly things to the enemy.
  • 264 BCE

    Punic Wars

    Punic Wars, also called Carthaginian Wars, (264–146 bce), a series of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian (Punic) empire, resulting in the destruction of Carthage, the enslavement of its population, and Roman hegemony over the western Mediterranean.
  • 904

    invention of gun powder

    originally developed for medicinol pourposes and then was later used for warfare.
  • 1095

    Crusades

    The Crusades were organized by western European Christians after centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. Their primary objectives were to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East, and to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian.Aug 5, 2019
  • 1180

    Long bow

    Stronger version of the bow and arrow and was more powerful and accurate.
  • 1326

    First hand cannon

    A more powerful and accurate weapon that took two men to shoot.
  • 1337

    100 Years War

    The Hundred Years' War was fought between France and England during the late Middle Ages.
  • 1519

    Spanish conquest of aztec empire

    Led by Hernan Cortes and they overthrew the Aztec empire.

  • Submarine

    An underwater war vessel.

  • English civil war

    was a period of armed conflict and political turmoil between 1642 and 1660 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.

  • Flintlock musket

    First designed for hunting birds.

  • Iron clad warship

    First iron or steel protected ship.

  • Napoleonic Wars

    Fought during the rule of Napoleon Bonoparte.

  • Revolver handgun

    Samuel colt revolver.

  • The taiping Rebellion

    A revolt against the Qing Dynasty in china.

  • American civil war

    A fight between the southern and northern states of the US. This was caused because of slavery and the south wanted to keep slavery but the north didnt and the North ended up winning the war which is why there are no slaves today.

  • Machine gun

    Fired 500 rounds per minute.

  • Boxer Rebellion

    officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. ... Their original aim was the destruction of the dynasty and also of the Westerners who had a privileged position in China.

  • World War 1

    Began after assasination of Franz Ferdinand.During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers).

  • Thirty years war

    is a periodization scheme sometimes used to encompass the wars in Europe

  • Fighter aircraft.

    Gave an advantage because it was so powerful and nobody had it yet.

  • Tank

    First tank nicknamed "Little Willie"

  • Russian civil war

    The main fighting was between the Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army was an army of communists. ... The workers and farmers supporting the communists organized themselves into the Red Army.

  • World War 2

    World War II 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 human history with around 70 million people killed. When was it? World War II started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.

  • Atomic bomb

    Made in mexico.

  • AK-47

    Originated from the Kalishnikov rifle.

  • Cold War

    the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.

  • Hydrogen bomb first tested

    Developed in the US

  • Rwandan Civil War

    The genocide took place in the context of the Rwandan Civil War, a conflict beginning in 1990 between the Hutu-led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The latter was made up largely of Tutsi refugees whose families had fled to Uganda after the 1959 Hutu revolt against colonial rule.

  • Second congo war

    By 2008, the war and its aftermath had caused 5.4 million deaths, principally through disease and starvation, making the Second Congo War the deadliest conflict worldwide since World War II.

  • M.O.A.B.

    Mother of all bombs.