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20,000 BCE
First use of bows by human
Bows were one of the first projectile weapons after thrown spears. -
8000 BCE
The first longbow
The first longbow was made for hunting -
3000 BCE
Domestication of horses
Humans domesticated horses to ride into war -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Peloppenosion War
It was fought between Sparta and Athens in Ancient Greece -
400 BCE
The first trebuchet
The chinese used it in the 4th century -
Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
Punic War
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. -
618
The first handcannon
It was made in China -
900
Gunpowder
It was orginally made for medicinal purposes but was later used for war. -
Period: 1095 to 1492
Crusades
They were holy wars -
Period: 1337 to 1453
100 years war
It was the houses of England versus the French -
1500
The first match lock gun
It was one of the first modern guns -
Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish Conqtiedores drive out the Aztecs
Spain drove out the Aztecs to take over their land and riches. -
Period: to
30 years war
It was one of the worst wars in history. 8 million people died. -
Period: to
English Civil War
It happened because they were fighting over how England should be goverened. -
The first submarine
It was invented in the 1700's wow that impressive. -
The first revolver
The revolver is a handgun -
Period: to
The Napoleonic Wars
When Napolean tried to fight other European countries and won. -
Period: to
The Taiping Rebellion
It was a revolt against the Qing Dynasty over relgious and ecnomic beliefs. -
The first ironclad ship
The French made it -
Period: to
The American Civil War
One of the bloodiest wars in history it was fought by the Union and the Confederacy. -
The first machine gun
It was a gatling gun used in the Civil War -
Period: to
Boxer Rebellion
In 1900, in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion (or the Boxer Uprising), a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising -
Period: to
WW1
WW1 was a major war that got the whole world in involved. It was the started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
The first tank
It was a prototype during WW1 -
Period: to
Russian Civil War
It was the Bolsheviks versus the Empire -
Period: to
WW2
WW2 happened when Nazi Germany rose to power and tried to conquer all of Europe. Pretty much the whole world was fighting against the the Nazis. -
The Atomic Bomb
It was made to end WW2 -
Period: to
Cold War
Tensions between the US and the USSR -
First Hyrdogen Bomb test
The first H bomb was tested -
The antisattelite laser
It was launched in 1979 -
Period: to
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu in Rwanda -
Period: to
The second congo war
It was two governments that wanted Congo -
The Moab
The mother of all bombs was first tested