Sentence examples for advent of firearms from inspiring English sources

Shooting at a mark as a test of skill began with archery, long before the advent of firearms (c. 1300).

By the mid 19th century the advent of firearms led to a vast increase in the volume of the ivory trade, though the trade collapsed as the elephants were nearly exterminated by the 1880s.

It has ten towers, most of which started square, and several of which received many-sided reinforcements with the advent of firearms.

The growth of the human population in the Eurasian Arctic in the 16th and 17th century, together with the advent of firearms and increasing trade, dramatically increased the harvest of polar bears.

The crescendo of media reports about the advent of a DIY printable firearm has caused an understandable uproar.

Much of the knightly panoply at the Met is really the product of a deadly arms race: with the advent of the crossbow and then early firearms the armor got thicker, more elaborate and more sculptural.

2. A perverse fetishization of firearms.

"Reducing the number of firearms in the community – particularly illegal firearms – does reduce the potential for firearm deaths.

A French national was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences.

He liked the pop-pop backyard elation of firearms.

Meanwhile, the improvement of firearms caused armour to be discarded.