Reaching the end of this phase in this series, 31-40, before begining a new era in the next ‘decade’, this decade is poised to end climactically on a couple of developments that were bloody consequential, in line with previous curtain-closers at Episode 20 and Episode 30. Fasten your seatbelts!

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Further Reading & Reference

* Kelly, Jack. (2004). Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465037186.

* Andrade, Tonio. (2016). The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691135977.

* Partington, J. R.. (1999). A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801859540.

* Parker, Geoffrey. (1996). The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521479585.

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