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3000 BCE
when humans first used a bow and arrow
Used them for war and hunting. -
3000 BCE
When horses were first domesticated
For traveling far distances and used to ride in war -
904 BCE
The development of gun Powder
originially used for medicinal purposes, then used for warefare -
492 BCE
Greco Persian wars
fought by greeks and persia over a period of almost half a century. The persian wars were two conflicts that occured between 490 and 479 and pitted the persian empire against the Greek- city states. The conflict began after Athens and Eretria gave assistance to the lonians in their rebellion against persia and its ruler Darius -
300 BCE
The development of the trebuchet
It’s believed to be a war machine -
180 BCE
Invention of long bow
Made for hunting and war -
5 BCE
When humans first used Spears
Used for hunting and to kill -
264
Punic wars
A series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage. All three wars were won by Rome. These wars were fought to establish control over the strategic islands of Corscia and Sicily -
431
The Peloponnesian war
The two most powerful city-states in ancient greece Athens and Sparta went to war with each other. There was a war before this called the first peloponnesian war, it's what started the Pelopennesian war. The first ten years of the war was named the "Archidamian war". Lysander decimated the Athenian fleet in battle and then held Athens under siege, forcing it to surrender to sparta. -
492
Period: 492 BCE to 449 BCE
fought by greeks and persia over a period of almost half a century. The persian wars were two conflicts that occured between 490 and 479 and pitted the persian empire against the Greek- city states. The conflict began after Athens and Eretria gave assistance to the lonians in their rebellion against persia and its ruler Darius -
1095
Crusades
The crusaders of the first Crusade managed to recapture the holy city of Jerusalem in 1099. But after almost 50 years of peace fighting broke out again with the Muslims being the victors. The third Crusade made heroes out of Muslim leader Saladin and the English king, who became known as Richard the Lionheart -
1326
The development of the first handcannon
made for improvements for gunpowder technology -
1337
One hundred year war
Between England and France over sucession to the French throne. It saw many major battles. France ended up winning the one hundred year war -
1519
Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire
The Aztec empire flourished around 1345 and 1521 CE and dominated ancient Mesoamerica. Lacking food and suffering from smallpox the Aztec surrendered to Cortes after 93 days. After the disaster the new capital of the colony of New spain, and Cortes was made it's first governor in May 1523. -
30 years war
Religious conflict stirred up the war. Ferdinand forced citizans to adhre to Roman Catholicism. The war fostered a fear of the "other" in communities in the european continent. -
English civil war
Came from the conflict of Charles l and Parliament over an Irish insurrection. The civil wars of seventeenth century England also involved two other kingdoms ruled by the Stuart dynasty, Scotland and Ireland. The conflict left 34,000 parliaments dead and 50,000 roaylist dead. The death toll was almost 200,000 -
The invention of the flintlock musket
An ignition system for firearms -
The development of the revolver hand gun
Also known as a pole gun, used for warefare, and hunting, self defense -
Napoleonic wars
They started after the French revolution ended. War began between the United Kingdom and France. These wars changed European military systems. These wars are often catorgized into five conflicts. Napoleon's initial goal of war was to stabilize France's Government. The battle of waterloo marks the defeat of Napoleon and the end of the Napoleonic wars -
The taiping rebellio
A civil war against Southern China and the ruling Manchu Qing dynasty. It's estimated at least 20 million people mainly civilians died during this war. The rebellion was a radical evolution based on political and religious motives in the 19th century. The rebellion altered the Qing Dynasty irrevocably. -
The invention of the first iron-clad warship
Created and used for warefare -
The American civil war
While slavery is mainly cited as the main reason to this war there are many reasons as to why the North and South split such as Industry vs. Farming, States' rights, Expansion, and Secession. The North defeated the South and the rebellious states went back to the union -
Boxer Rebellion
A chinese secret organization called the society of the righteous and harmonious fists led an uprising in northern china against the spread of weastern and japenese influence. The boxer rebellion formally ended with the signing of the boxer protocol in 1901 -
World war 1
Triggered by the assassinated of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The war was fought between the Central powers (Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, ottoman empire) and the Allied Powers (United States, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Japan). Germany surrendered in 1918, the allies all signed the Treaty of Versailes ending the war officially -
The development of the first tank
Used during warefare, driven through tough terrain, carries soldiers -
The development of the first fighter aircraft
Used for warfare -
Russian civil war
Was to tear apart Russia for three years. The civil war occured because many groups had formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. The main fighting was between the red army and the white army the red army was an army of communists the white army opposed of communists. The reds won the civil war -
World war ll
Hitler believed war was the only way to gain space for his race to expand. He began the rearment of Germany in Violation of the Versailes treaty, he signed in ally with Italy and Japan against the soviet union. Truman developed the Manhattan project, the atomic bomb was unleashed on Japan. World war ll took the lives of 60 to 80 million people including 6 million jews. Hitler committed suicide after facing defeat -
The first use of an atomic bomb
the B-29 bomber dropped the atomic bomb "Little boy", exploded 13 kilotons of force killing 80,000 people on impact, used for warefare -
The eventuion If AK-47
Shoulder weapon, assault rifle, reliable under trying conditions, used in warefare -
Cold War
No shots were ever shot between the U.S. and the Soviet union, that is why it is called a cold war. The cold war was waged on the politica, economic, and propaganda fonts and had only limited resource for wepons because world war ll had just ended -
When the first hydrogen bomb was invented
Took place in November 1952 during operation IVY the explosion was nicknamed the "Mike shot" -
Rwandan Genocide
Memebers of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered as many as 800,000 people. The genocide spread throughout the country with shocking speed and brutality -
Second Congo war
Rwanda invaded Congo Kabila was saved by allies. With these combined forces Kabila and his allies were able to stop the Rwanbacked assault on the capital. But the second Congo war merely entered a stalement between countries that soon led to profiteering as the war entered its next phase. -
The development of M.O.A.B. (mother of all bombs)
Tested on range 70 located at Eglin air force base in Florida. 11 tons of TNT, used for warefare