Western Civilization I / Unit 18 WC1 1725 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Join: War's Technology From Hoplite to Musket
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The idea
The hoplite made citizens soldiers; the legion made soldiers professionals; the stirrup and the knight made war aristocratic; the longbow at Crecy and gunpowder after it let a peasant kill a knight; pike and musket and cannon made kings need taxes. Each weapon reshaped who ruled.
In practice
Entries 0208, 0617, 1112, 1304.
Where people slip
The chain is the course's, drawn from the anchor's separate chapters.
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