Warfare (Prehistoric Era to 600 CE)

________ were first used in combat in India.

________ first witnessed the war elephant in India.

The development of the stirrup by ________ around 300 BCE was the next step after cavalry started to play a significant role in warfare.

In Sumer (3000 BCE), _____ chariots were known to have been used.

The ________ in shining armor "engaged in heated battle is a Middle Ages fantasy, as iron was plainly too heavy and useful for substantial use.

In the ________ the Great, an entire company of soldiers would advance into battle while shields were linked together to form a moving wall- an arrangement called a phalanx.

In Sumer (2500 BCE), the use of the shield led to advancements in the ________ soldiers.

In 14th ________, the Achaeans and others explored the sea.

The raiding Hittites brought about the beginning of the ________ by replacing bronze weapons with iron ones.

an arrangement called a phalanx

Without resistance, the Indo-European Hittites (1400 BCE) entered Sumerian territory on ____ in chariots.

At around the same time, the wandering Huns nailed ____ to the hooves of their livestock.

In Sumer (2500 BCE), the use of the ____ led to advancements in the protection of foot soldiers.

In the time of Alexander the Great, an entire company of soldiers would advance into battle while shields were linked together to form a moving wall — an arrangement called a _____.

By 250 BCE, The ____ had created metal plate body armor.

The concept of "knights in shining armor" engaged in heated battle is a _____ fantasy, as iron was plainly too heavy and useful for substantial use.

Around 250 CE, the ____ asserted that their horses, which were strong enough to carry their warriors wearing full armor, ate Iranian mountain alfalfa.

By 1000 BCE, ____ was widely used for weapons throughout the Mediterranean region and after 500 BCE, it was used in China as well.

By 750 BCE, _____ was being used on the battlefield and even the Celts had mastered the art of smelting.

______, the Near East's most feared warriors, thrived in war-making innovations and organization, constructing an unifying and long-lasting empire from Mesopotamian city-states.

For 500 years, besieging techniques remained largely unchanged until the Romans devised the _____ in 500 BCE, which threw boulders and igniting fireballs at their enemies' safeguards.

By 1200 BCE, the engaged in the first-ever recorded maritime _________ conflict.

The ________ were one of the first states to make maritime trade their primary industry, along with the Phoenicians and possibly the Etruscans.

With the _____, the Chinese discovered ways to enhance their aim and power; later, the composite bow was created by nomadic tribes of the Asian steppes. Both were more effective and potent than a straightforward bow.

When the Assyrians evolved against city barriers and gates, they used artillery cannons and ________ that terrified the inhabitants.

The development of the _______ by Asian nomads around 300 BCE was the next step after cavalry started to play a significant role in warfare.