A brief illustrated history of warfare

Ancient warfare. 7th century BCE-168 BCE

The Roman war machine. 4th century BCE-476 AD

Raiders and invaders. 746-1100

Knights and castles. 1100-1452

Gunpowder and guns. 1453-1750

The Seven Years' War. 1755-1764

The American War of Independence. 1775-1783

Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. 1792-1815

American Civil War. 1861-1865

Empires and rifles. 1840-902

World War I. 1914-1918

World War II. 1939-1945

The Cold War Era. 1945-1989

Modern warfare. 1980-today.