One Explosion, Many Empires: The Rise of Cannons From the birth of gunpowder weapons in China to their deadly perfection at the Battle of Panipat in 1526, cannons reshaped warfare forever. This reel traces the journey of artillery—from early fire lances and proto-cannons to Babur’s Ottoman-style guns that crushed war elephants and broke medieval armies. One invention. One battlefield. A turning point in world history. 🧠 Keywords [cannons history, fire lance china, gunpowder invention, medieval