What are Chemical Weapons?
- Chemical weapons are any sort of chemical substance created and used to intent to inflict sever harm on people.
- Examples of chemical weapons include poisoning wells, burning sulfur, and mustard gas.
- these weapons attack people in a totally different way than normal weapons.
Origins of Chemical Weapons
- As early as 600 B.C., Athenians were poisoning the wells of their enemies.
- Other were throwing burning sulfur over the walls of the cities.
- However, the chemical weapons we know of today didn't come about until the 19th and 20th centuries.