The development that discovered by the people in Anatolia which put them at a huge military advantage was c. Bronze metal.
<h3>What gave Anatolia a military advantage?</h3>
Around 4,000 years ago, the people of Anatolia discovered how to smelt and use bronze metal to make various types of things.
They then applied this bronze metal to their weapons and this gave them such a huge military advantage, that the Hittite Empire which was based in Anatolia, was able to take advantage and conquer huge areas up to ancient Egypt.
The reason we joined in world war one was due to the germans sinking merchant ships that had US citizens on them and they were also sinking some of our own ships. Due to that President Wilson involved us in the war.