How Did Gunpowder Revolutionize The World Of Warfare

Revolutionizing the World of Warfare Through deserts of Afghanistan to the foothills of China, one simple invention revolutionized planet Earth. Over 1,000 years ago the Cchinese invented an explosive chemical that would one day change the world. Gunpowder first began as three main chemicals: charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate. All three chemicals, charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate, would create make a chemical reaction that could have the potential to cause a massive devastation. The Chinese first started using gunpowder for fireworks and entertainment purposes, but little did they know that they were holding the future of warfare in their hands. In ancient RomeBack in the ancient Roman times, the soldiers used spears and other sharp objects to fight with. The ancient Rromans would often line up face-to- by face and throw these non- explosive weapons at the oppositionother opponent. The technique that the ancient
According to “How Gunpowder was Invented,” the first ever weapons that were created using gunpowder were bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder. The bamboo tubes were then tied to arrows and shot from bows. “The noise and fire terrified both the enemy and their horses and proved to be an effective weapon.” (“Gunpowder.” paragraph 5. Antiquity Now.) These advanced weapons for the time were later called flying fire. Gunpowder was known long before the English friar Roger Bacon and the German monk Berthold Schwartz made their successful experiments with "villainous saltpetre," and it was first used in more than one country and with many varieties of composition, not indeed for sending bullets and balls flying through the air, but for mere fireworks, and later as an incendiary