This is an example of how important Kenilworth Castle was at this time and also how far the De Clintons went to maintain their power. This also shows that Kenilworth was not a typical castle because there were other castles shaped from it and the De Clintons had used other designs to create one of their forts. Geoffrey probably built an earth and timber castle to start off the castle buildings. He then built a Stone Keep which was made out of soft local sandstone to replace the timber one that was probably there before. This would have created much better defence from attack than a wooden fort.
“Firearms reached Japan in A.D. 1543, when two Portuguese adventurers armed with harquebuses (primitive guns) arrived on a Chinese cargo ship. The Japanese were so impressed by the new weapon that they commenced indigenous gun production, greatly improved gun technology, and by A.D. 1600 owned more and better guns than any other country in the world” (p 238). I chose this quote because it shows how remarkable humans actually are. Humans are capable of practically anything and when they see something that the find interesting, they will create a bigger badder and more deadly version of it on their own. This quote explains what it truly means to be human and to keep on advancing which is how we have gotten to be the top of the food
Gunpowder According to Francis Bacon, the famous sixteenth century philosopher, gunpowder was one of the three discoveries that revolutionized the whole world (Needham, 1985, p. 1). The chronology of events following the discovery seems to give validity to such a claim. The invention had far reaching ramifications that transcended the more obvious military revolution. Indeed, the business of warfare was completely transformed by the advent of gunpowder. The coming of the gunpowder age spelled an end to the era of using only brute human or animal strength in matters of warfare.
The new guns that were being produced were much faster to reload and way more accurate than the slow, bulky muskets they used to use. These new guns, especially the machine guns, helped his troops intimidate and obliterate the natives who were confined to using only spears. Another very important advancement was the telegraph. This allowed King Leopold to give orders and directions to his troops in the Congo, while sitting comfortably at home in Belgium. His orders got there much faster too.
Shelling also became very popular during this war. Again All Quite on the Western Front shows the devastation shelling causes to the land and the soldiers. Shelling could be timed perfectly to blow up right in front of troops but not kill them. The technological advances during WW1 helped to raise the death toll to a staggering
Because Britain is not in a favourable location, but a island. So Britain need more ships, guns that could shoot the people on the other side. Such a huge disadvantage 4,000 years ago, became a huge plus from the 17th century. Guns, compasses, ocean-going ships which were originally pioneered in the East but which, thanks to geography, proved more useful in the West. Since then, science and technology constitute the primary productive force.
Paper was invented during the Han Dynasty. Other contributions of the ancient Chinese are pasta, wheelbarrow, alcohol, kites, hang gliders and silk. Of all on the contributions from the ancient Chinese gunpowder, paper, compass and printing are the most innovative. The discovery of gunpowder by the ancient Chinese was purely accidental in the 9th century. Rather, the Chinese alchemists were searching for an elixir of life.
The musket, armed with its bayonet as well as the cannon proved to be worthy weaponry advancements in the infantry together with various pistols. The Civil War introduced the revolving pistol as well as the Gatling gun which enabled soldiers to produce rapid fire and destroy enemies in large quantities with a single round. New technological advancements in transportation such as the railroad, enabled large quantities of troops to travel to a given area in nearly half the amount of time. However, the turn of the twentieth introduced new technological advancements in the country as well as the military. This ignited a century of technological advancements in the military that has enabled the United States to excel in militaristic domination.
We had a stable political system which was a huge advantage, because in other countries they still had monarchy and if one person disagreed with the king the he would be beheaded. We have had a government since the 17th century with Oliver Cromwell and the civil war. Britain was the first nation in the world to industrialise, with the invention of a steam engine. The invention of the steam engine led to the invention of the train and factories. This meant faster transport and with the invention of the factories economic growth as well.
Finally, Native Americans did not have a lot of major diseases before Europeans arrived and did not develop the immunity to a lot of the diseases they had in Europe. After Europeans arrived, all of the things changed for the Native Americans. One good thing that came for them was they could trade for new or better goods. Europeans brought things that the Native Americans had never seen before like armor, horses, and foods and could now try and trade for this. Europeans however also brought advanced weapons like guns and they traded for a few but mostly the guns conquered the Native Americans.