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Ancient Egyptians adopted archery around 3,000 BC for hunting and warfare.
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The horses were used as a means of transport.
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A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states
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This war was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
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The trebuchet was similar to a catapult, which was used for heavy stones to smash castle or city walls.
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a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place.
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Gun powder is the basis for almost every weapon used in war from fiery arrows to rifles, cannons, and grenades
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A series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
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The first firearm used in combat and recorded in history.
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Longbow's were considered easier to shoot the longer they were. Having the longer bow made it draw smoother and have more accuracy.
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was a series of conflicts by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the French House of Valois, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France. Each side drew many allies into the war.
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Submarines were used to attack and sink all forms of enemy shipping.
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Were the mainstay of European armies
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One of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements but also from violence, famine, and plague.
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Was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists principally over the manner of England's governance.
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Was a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, against an array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom.
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The revolver allowed one individual to fend off multiple attackers easily
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The Taiping Rebellion, which is also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in China from 1850 to 1864 between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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This was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells
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war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The Civil War began as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people.
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These guns were rapid firing, but they depend on the arm of the operator to crank out the bullets
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Was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty.
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Tis war was the first World War, or the Great War, and was a global war originating in Europe
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The tank had the capacity to withstand bombardment, machine gun fire, and barbed fences. The tank reduced injuries and fatalities to the soldiers.
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Was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the two Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.
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Designed for air- to-air combat against other aircraft, as opposed to bombers and attack aircraft whose main goal is to attack ground targets.
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This war was also known as the Second World War, and was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
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Was the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov rifle family. The AK-47 is a gas-operated assault rifle.
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The US dropped the first atomic bomb called the Enola Gay on Japanese city of Hiroshima. It exploded with about 13 Kilotons of force, about 5 miles of the city, and killed 80,000 people immediately.
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Was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II.
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The first test took place on the small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The explosion was named "Mike Shot", and was very successful.
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Also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu in Rwanda
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Began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues
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This bomb is the most powerful bomb used in the combat as measured by the weight of its explosive material.