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20,000 BCE
Bow and arrow
Let people shoot, and kill from farther away. -
3000 BCE
When were horses first domesticated?
Makes it easier to get away, and less diseases. -
Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE
Greco Persian Wars
The conflict began after Athens and Eretria gave helped the Ionians in their rebellion against Persia and its ruler, Darius -
Period: 431 BCE to 434 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
It was a war fought between the two most leading states at the time,Athens, and Sparta. Sparta ended up winning.They fought because of their differences they had at the time. -
Period: 264 BCE to 146
Punic Wars
The reason they went to war was because of the conflicts of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic -
Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
punic war
Series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, and the reason they fought was because of power. -
400
The development of the treuchet.
It was used for hurling big objects at people or things. -
900
The invention of gunpowder.
The invention of gunpowder helped invent other weapons, and weapons were used differently. -
Period: 1095 to 1492
Crusades
It was a religious war fought by he Latin Church in the medieval period. -
1180
The invention of longbow.
They were used for not letting the enemies spread out during the war. -
1300
The development of the first hand cannon.
It impacted war because weapons were now gonna be made differently, instead of like a catapult, and stuff like that. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
One hundred years war.
It lasted 116 years and saw many major battles. It was fought because Charles IV of France died in 1328 without an immediate male heir. Then Edward III of England then believed he had the right to become the new king of France through his mother. -
Period: Feb 1, 1519 to Aug 23, 1525
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Spain, Led by Hernán Cortés, overthrew the Aztec Empire. -
Period: to
Thirty Years War
Began as a religious civil war between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, then soon developed into Europe because of power. -
Period: to
English Civil War
They fought because of the English's governance, and how it was unfair, and people were being treated poorly. -
invention of the flintlock musket.
It was the most important gun in the Revolutionary war. -
The first submarine
The first submarine helped gain advantages over countries that didn't have any. It also helped like spy on countries. -
Period: to
Napoleonic Wars
It was the French vs Europeans and the French ended up winning. They fought for power which Napoleon wanted more of. -
The invention of the revolver.
The invention of the revolver was important because it fired multiple shots without reloading. -
Period: to
The Taiping Rebellion
A civil war in China were 20 million people died. They rebelled against their leader because of how he was treating them. -
Period: to
The american civil war
It was fought because the south and the north had different perspectives about things and some even broke off from the U.S.A and they fought because of their differences they had. -
The invention of the minigun.
It was important because it fired multiple rounds without reloading, and was a big advantage. -
Period: to
Boxer Rebellion
Formed in response to both foreign and domestic internal tensions. -
The invention of the iron clad warship.
Because it helped get things or people places and was used to fight aquatic wars. -
Period: to
World war 1
It started from what was believed to be the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Then russia and other places declared war and allies joined causing the world war. -
The invention of the fighter aircraft.
It was used for like air to air combat, and changed the way battles were made. it also was used for dropping bombs and stuff. -
The invention of the tank.
It was important because it was used to destroy bigger things, and was used to carry soldiers. -
Period: to
World war 2
There were many causes of the war, and one was the aggressive actions of Germany, Japan, and Italy that were ignored. -
The atomic bomb.
It was important because it made people more scared then ever because they had these bombs, and it was used to scare other countries and kill a bunch of people at once. -
The development of the first ak-47.
It helped them make better guns, and the guns got more powerful. -
Period: to
Cold War
Was fought because of the propaganda, and stuff going on that people didn't like. -
When the first hydrogen bomb tested.
It helped them make better bombs, and figure out different things. -
Period: to
Russian Civil War
It was formed because many groups had formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and other stuff like foreign nations. -
Period: to
Rwandan Genocide
They went to war because the president of Rwandan got shot down and died. -
Period: to
Second Congo War
was driven by conflicts in trade such as: minerals, among other things. -
The development of the M.O.A.B. (mother of all bombs).
It made us way more powerful cause we had this big bomb that we could use. It also helped like create more bombs that were better, and stuff.