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After the Hundred Years War in Europe, Kings and other national leaders started to depend on standing armies or even mercenary troops rather than depending

on their nobility (aristocracy) to provide armed troops to protect their nation or wage war.

Also, after the Hundred Years War, soldiers with either long bows, cross bows, or

eventually gun powder weapons became more effective in open field battles than medieval knights with lances or swords on horseback. In sieges, cannons became

the preferred weapon as opposed to ancient siege machines (battering rams,

covered siege towers, and such).

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