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3000 BCE
When humans first used bows and arrows
The crossbows in Rome revolutionized warfare, changing how battles could be fought. -
3000 BCE
When horses were first domesticated
Horses has been used for transportation, communication and many more. This has been very helpful when going into war. -
Period: 499 BCE to 499 BCE
Greco Persian Wars
A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek states that started because of power and dominance between the two. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
A war between Athens and Spartans over total domination for Greek. -
Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
Punic Wars
A series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage because of power and dominance. -
4 BCE
The development of the trebuchet
The Medieval Trebuchet was similar to a catapult, launching large boulders to destroy large objects. -
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The development of the first handcannon
The hand canon was used to shoot out fire and burn down sieges. -
14
The invention of the longbow
It allowed archers to shoot more arrows per minute. Causing armies to rush the enemy more efficiently. -
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The development of the flintlock musket
Flintlocks were at first useless but eventually were upgraded and became a part of the musket -
17
The development of the first submarine
This once again changed war completely. This caused the opponent, or comrade, to fight out in sea. -
904
The invention of gunpowder
Gunpowder completely changed how war could be fought,introducing things like bombs guns and many more. -
Period: 1095 to 1492
Crusades
A series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period for control of the holy lands. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
One Hundred Years War
Series of conflicts by the House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois over the right to rule the Kingdom of France. Lasted about a 100 years -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire -
Spanish conquistadors overthrew the Aztec Empire. -
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Thirty Years War
One of the most destructive conflicts in history, between the France, Spain, Sweden and Germany -
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English Civil War
A series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. -
Period: to
Napoleonic Wars
War began between the United Kingdom and France right after the French Revolution came to a end and Napoleon came into power. -
The development of the revolver handgun
A great weapon used in the Civil War. -
Period: to
The Taiping Rebellion
Revolution in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. -
Period: to
The American Civil War
A war between the South and North of America. The war was over many things, mostly rights on slavery. -
The invention of the first iron-clad warship
Battle ships were a huge improvement in war. This caused chaos over seas. -
The invention of the first machine gun
The machine gun caused huge casualties in war. It shot 100's of bullets a minute -
Period: to
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China over power. -
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WW1
The war started when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and the world went into conflict with each other -
The development of the first fighter aircraft
This changed how airplanes were used in war. Now planes could drop bombs and attack the enemy -
The development of the first tank.
The tank is a giant vehicle object that displayed destruction on the battle field -
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Russian Civil War
Groups of monarchists that included the militarists and foreign nations that formed to oppose Lenin's Bolsheviks. -
Period: to
WW2
When Hitler rose to power and took over Germany, he started to dominate the land and took over big countries. -
The use of the first atomic bomb
This changed war completely. The atomic bomb brought a explosive step in war, causing cities to be annihilated. -
The development of the AK-47
Ak 47's were widely used because they didn't have a recoil and very fast to reload. -
Period: to
Cold War
A non physical war between the US and Russia. The war consisted of talking instead of fighting, but everyone was afraid that nukes would start dropping -
When the first hydrogen bomb was first tested
Like the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb made the air we breathe into a dangerous weapon. -
Period: to
Rwandan Genocide
A series of violent acts that eventually grew into a genocidal war. One of the bloodiest wars fought. -
Period: to
Second Congo War
The war was driven by a series of conflicts in minerals between Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Chad, Mai-Mai, Hutu-aligned forces and Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tutsi-aligned forces. -
The development of the M.O.A.B. (Mother of all bombs)
The MOAB was, once again, an improvement to weapons. It caused total destruction and had a huge blast radius