warfare timeline

By livybug_17
  • 20,000 BCE

    When humans first used bow / arrow

    Archery dates back to the Stone Age. The earliest people known who used bows and arrows regularly were the Ancient Egyptians. They adopted archery for hunting and warfare. The earliest evidence of archery dates to the Shang Dynasty.
  • 3000 BCE

    When horses were first domesticated

    Humans needed their most important single ally from the animal kingdom when they domesticated the horse. Wild horses of different kinds have spread throughout most of the world by the time human history began
  • 3000 BCE

    The development of the trebuchet

    The traction trebuchet is believed to be an ancient war engine which was invented in China. Also the trebuchet may have developed from the stave sling.