How are firearms connected to the humanities?

answers1: you need to narrow it down. Firearms have been in common use
in the west for 700 years, and even longer than that in the east. if
you narrow the focus of your paper you'll have a much easier time. a
few suggestions off the top of my head: firearms in popular culture,
such as in the wild west and later depictions of the wild west,
firearms as depicted in the first half of the 20th century, or
Firearms in revolutionary art and propaganda. or, choose a firearm and
then analyze its story and impact. there have been entire books
written on the Avtomat Kalashinikova, its development and its cultural
impact. You can't plausibly write a "short paper" that manages to
fairly encompass the total impact of firearms on human history.
answers2: Literature and the performing arts are part of humanities
study – there are any number of approaches you could take to involve
firearms in your work. <br>
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You can also look at the construction and design of guns, compare a
Renaissance cannon or decorated Chinese cannon with a Holland and
Holland shotgun, discuss the necessity of "beautifying" a killing
machine.
answers3: The Chinese are generally considered to have invented gun
powder and firearms (guns). China invented gun powder in the 9th
century and guns in the 12th century..This culture spread throughout
the west, Humans have always been in conflict so World war one became
an arms race. (people racing to create the best arms to rule the next
man for ideological and economic purposes. <br>
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Some say the best inventions are created out of necessity, and that
all wars do is evolve better ways of killing the next man, but wars
also cause the necessity from which inventions are created! <br>
Without humanity we would be no better than the mindless beasts we
feed from, which it has to be said is a fair description of so called
humanity sometimes.
answers4: In many cultures, gun is soon as a symbol of strength and power.
answers5: There is a plethura if info on the gun and its social
impact. Look up colt peace maker, iorn side cannon, french fouling
peice. Darringer, thompson, gatling, ma'duce, potato digger, luger,
assassins gun, henry repeater, kentucky long rifle, pennsylvania long
rifle, blunderbuss. <br>
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I don't know where to start. You have to write a short paper or a book.