Technological change
What Technological change means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
New weapons and formations, including the longbow, schiltrons, gunpowder and cannon, transformed strategy, tactics and combat between 1250 and 1500.
Firearms became more accurate, and the introduction of the Minié rifle allowed infantry to break cavalry charges.
Topics that use Technological change
- Option 12: c1250–c1500: Medieval warfare and English society - 1 The nature of warfare (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 12: c1700–c1900: Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Army composition
- Decline of cavalry
- Leadership and command
- Military organisation
- Siege warfare
- Social hierarchy
- Tactical innovation
- Tactical evolution
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