Gunpowder Weaponry and Nuclear Arms Race Parallels
Which of the following describes a parallel between the use of gunpowder weaponry for territorial expansion from c. 1450 to c. 1750 and the role of nuclear arms during the Cold War?
Both signified shifts toward reliance on increasingly advanced military technology that served as deterrents rather than just tools for conquest.
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.
Gunpowder weapons eradicated traditional forms of warfare entirely just as nuclear arms did centuries later worldwide.
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