Weapons had been there since the beginning of time. According to Science, the earliest humans already created their own weapons made up of stones and woods. But their weapons are only used for everyday life and to survive. Mainly, they used them for hunting animals to eat and more specific chores. As society expanded and as people travelled around the world to explore and create their own tribes, the knowledge also expanded and they begun developing much advanced and different kinds of weapons like the spears and bows and arrows. During the Metallic Age of the world, they begun creating metal swords and other killing weapons made up of metals. There so many era that came, thus, the gunpowder, which leads to the weapons like guns, grenades and cannons. During the present time weapons are not used for hunting, but mainly for warfare. Present weapons include the atomic bombs, tanks, chemical weapons , automatic weapons, torpedoes, missiles, advanced guns and more. Weapons really shaped the history of our planet Earth not only in the past but mostly in the present time. They killed so many soldiers and even innocent people. They also devastated our environment and made great impact in breaking our atmosphere. Now for this post, its all about the top 10 weapons that changed the world history.TOP : 10
Weapon : Gunpowder
Description : Chinese alchemists researching an elixir for immortality discovered gunpowder leading to the development of grenades and cannons. (Source Discovery)
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| Gunpowder |
TOP : 9
Weapon : Mark I "Mother" Tank
Description : In 1915, Winston Churchill began to investigate a solution to the stalemate of WWI. The first tanks restored movement to the battlefield and made trench warfare obsolete.(Source BBC)
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| Mark I "Mother" Tank |
TOP : 8
Weapon : Maxim Machine Gun
Description : Hiram Maxim's innovative design allowed the expansion of the British Empire. In WWI, it rendered infantry ineffective and caused a devastating loss of life. (Sources : Discovery and Historical Dictionary of the British Empire by Robert Shadle)
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| Maxim Machine Gun |
TOP : 7
Weapon : Fokker Airplanes
Description : Fitted with machine guns that could fire through propeller blades without damaging them, these were the first real fighter planes and brought war to the skies in WWI. (Source : The American Aviation Experience by Tim Brady)
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| Fokker Airplanes |
TOP : 6
Weapon : Chlorine Gas
Description : WWI saw the development of chlorine gas, followed by mustard gas and phosgene. Their devastating effects saw them outlawed by the Geneva Convention. (Source : History.com)
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| Chlorine Gas |
TOP : 5
Weapon : The Spear
Description : Dating back 400,000 years, spears influenced the earliest colonization of Europe by humans giving them the hunting technology to survive in cold climates. (Source : New York Times)
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| The Spear |
TOP : 4
Weapon : Predator Drone
Description : Unmanned Drones are the ultimate impersonal conflict travelling hundreds of miles for intelligence or carrying out assassinations whilst controlled from safety. (Source PBS)
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| Predator Drone |
TOP : 3
Weapon : AK47
Description : The iconic Russian rifle used by armies, freedom fighters and terrorists alike. So simple to use, it can be mastered in hours. It kills around 250,000 people every year. (Source : Time Magazine and Giz Mag)
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| AK47 |
TOP : 2
Weapon : Atomic Bomb
Description : By far the most devastating weapon ever used : it ended WWII and started the Cold War. Its power is so devastating it has dominated politics ever since. (Source : Encyclopedia Britannica)
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| Atomic Bomb |
TOP : 1
Weapon : Bow and Arrow
Description : The most effective weapon in history, it dates back around 61,000 years. It has helped develop many great empires as both a weapon of war and of hunting. (Source : Encyclopedia Britannica)
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| Bow and Arrow |
That's the top 10 weapons that changed the history of our world.
Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DpE8IKdpM.
Images sources :
- Image 1 : historytavern.blogspot.com
- Image 2 : list25.com
- Image 3 : guns.wikia.com
- Image 4 : www.militaryfactory.com
- Image 5 : worldwar42.blogspot.com
- Image 6 : gematsu.com
- Image 7 : en.wikipedia.org
- Image 8 : www.military-today.com
- Image 9 : en.wikipedia.org
- Image 10 : assassinscreed.wikia.com
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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