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Firearms: A Global History to 1700

Chase, Kenneth·2003·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511806681
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This book is a history of firearms across the world from the 1100s up to the 1700s, from their invention in China to the time when European firearms had become clearly superior. It asks why it was the Europeans who perfected firearms when it was the Chinese who had invented them, and answers this question by looking at how firearms were used throughout the world. Early firearms were restricted to infantry and siege warfare, limiting their use outside of Europe and Japan. Steppe and desert nomads imposed a different style of warfare on the Middle East, India, and China – a style with which firearms were incompatible. By the time that better firearms allowed these regions to turn the tables on the nomads, Japan's self-imposed isolation left Europe with no rival in firearms design, production, or use, with consequences that are still with us today.

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Authors
Chase, K.
Corresponding author
Chase, Kenneth
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2003-07-07
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511806681
OpenAlex
W4252404275
Cited by
143
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI
2.47
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 4290 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Military history and social perspectives
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Military History and Strategy
Keywords
firearms history, gunpowder weapons, siege warfare, infantry weapons, nomadic warfare, steppe nomads, early modern warfare

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