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Ancient Armies of the Middle East

By Terence Wise , Angus McBride

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
1981
ISBN
9780850453843, 0-85045-384-4
LCC
U31
Open Library ID
OL22274342M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
37 MB (38714170 bytes)
Series
Men-at-arms series 109
Pages
51\51
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

This text by Terence Wise explores some of the fascinating peoples who comprised the ancient armies of the Middle East: the Sumerians, who were the first to introduce the use of bronze into warfare, and were centuries ahead of the Egyptians in the use of the wheel – The Akkadians, whose citizen army was composed almost entirely of light troops – The Babylonians, whose people were granted land in return for army service – the horned warriors of the Elamites – the Egyptians, with thier heavy spearmen and archers – the tribal and warlike Libyans – Nubians and Ethiopians – Hyksos – the armies of the Hittite Empire – the Sea People and others.

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