 The significant change that distinguished Medieval warfare to early Modern warfare was the use of gunpowder weaponry in battle.from Dunhuang portrays the first artistic depiction of a fire lance, a prototype of the gun.The "Wujing Zongyao" military manuscript of 1044 listed the first known written formulas for gunpowder, meant for light-weight bombs lobbed from catapults or thrown down from defenders behind city walls.