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Bronse Age War Chariots

By Brian Delf , Nic Fields

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2006
ISBN
1841769444, 9781841769448
Open Library ID
OL8922841M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (42864039 bytes)
Series
New Vanguard 119
Pages
52\52
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Osprey

Description

Chariots, the first mobile fighting vehicle, seem to have originated in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC. The highly mobile two-wheeled war chariot, carrying a driver and an archer armed with a short composite bow, revolutionized military tactics after 1700 BC. This expensive weapon spread throughout the Middle East and is thought to have reached Egypt with the conquering Hyksos. It spread into Asia Minor, Greece, and was known in Northern Europe by 1500 BC. This book covers the evolution of the war chariot throughout the Bronze Age, detailing its design, development and combat history - in particular its fundamental involvement at the battle of Qadesh.

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