APFIVE How does the use of gunpowder weaponry in territorial expansion from c.1450 to c.1750 exhibit parallel strategies seen with nuclear armament during Cold War-era geopolitical conflicts?
Gunpowder weapons eradicated traditional forms of warfare entirely just as nuclear arms did centuries later worldwide.
Nations embraced international treaties banning these technologies’ use soon after they became integral parts of military arsenals globally.
They facilitated immediate global dominance by whichever state managed first development or acquisition during their respective timespheres.
Both signified shifts toward reliance on increasingly advanced military technology that served as deterrents rather than just tools for conquest.
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