The History Of Gunpowder

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We chose gunpowder as our project because of how much impact it has had on the world for the past twelve centuries. If you look at any country's history you are not going to find many countries histories without the mention of the use of gunpowder in war or trade. We also thought that it would be an interesting topic to do research on because of the broad range of information on it. Gunpowder changed how early civilizations hunted, instead of using spears they started using guns which drastically improved the efficiency of hunting. Gunpowder also changed how early civilizations and civilizations today do battle. Gunpowder allowed for fewer troops to do more damage.

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