Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs
A concise introduction to the military history of Ancient Egypt, from battle tactics to weaponry and more.
 
The excellent preservation of Egyptian artifacts—including bows, axes, and chariots—means that it is possible to track the changing nature of Egyptian military technology from the Neolithic period up to the Iron Age, and identify equipment and ideas adopted from other civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
 
From the editor of The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, this informative volume, which includes an index, covers crucial issues such as military strategy, martial ideology, the construction of fortresses, and the waging of siege warfare; as well as the practical questions of life, death, and survival that confront individual soldiers on the battlefield.
 
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Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs
A concise introduction to the military history of Ancient Egypt, from battle tactics to weaponry and more.
 
The excellent preservation of Egyptian artifacts—including bows, axes, and chariots—means that it is possible to track the changing nature of Egyptian military technology from the Neolithic period up to the Iron Age, and identify equipment and ideas adopted from other civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
 
From the editor of The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, this informative volume, which includes an index, covers crucial issues such as military strategy, martial ideology, the construction of fortresses, and the waging of siege warfare; as well as the practical questions of life, death, and survival that confront individual soldiers on the battlefield.
 
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Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs

Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs

by Ian Shaw
Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs

Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weaponry and Ideology of the Pharaohs

by Ian Shaw

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A concise introduction to the military history of Ancient Egypt, from battle tactics to weaponry and more.
 
The excellent preservation of Egyptian artifacts—including bows, axes, and chariots—means that it is possible to track the changing nature of Egyptian military technology from the Neolithic period up to the Iron Age, and identify equipment and ideas adopted from other civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
 
From the editor of The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, this informative volume, which includes an index, covers crucial issues such as military strategy, martial ideology, the construction of fortresses, and the waging of siege warfare; as well as the practical questions of life, death, and survival that confront individual soldiers on the battlefield.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781504060592
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Publication date: 12/17/2019
Series: Casemate Short History
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Ian Shaw (1961) is an Egyptologist and reader in Egyptian archaeology at the University of Liverpool. His field work was largely focused in el-Amarna, but recently, he has done extensive excavations of mining and quarrying sites from many different ancient Egyptian periods.
 

Table of Contents

Introduction
Timeline
Chapter 1.Interpreting the Evidence for Egyptian Warfare
Chapter 2.Fortresses and Siege Warfare
Chapter 3.Images and Narratives of Battle in the New Kingdom
Chapter 4.Why Did Wars Happen and How Were They Experienced?
Chapter 5.Weaponry and Tactics
Chapter 6.Culture, Ethnicity and Mobility of Soldiers and Weapons
Chapter 7.Naval Battles
Chapter 8.Diplomacy and Empire Building in the Bronze Age
Chapter 9.What Can We Really Know about Egyptian Warfare?
Sources
Acknowledgements
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