| Ancient Armies of the Middle East Contributor(s): Wise, Terence (Author), McBride, Angus (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0850453844 ISBN-13: 9780850453843 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1981 Annotation: 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 & #8211; The Akkadians, whose citizen army was composed almost entirely of light troops & #8211; The Babylonians, whose people were granted land in return for army service & #8211; the horned warriors of the Elamites & #8211; the Egyptians, with thier heavy spearmen and archers & #8211; the tribal and warlike Libyans & #8211; Nubians and Ethiopians & #8211; Hyksos & #8211; the armies of the Hittite Empire & #8211; the Sea People and others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Ancient - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 355.809 |
| LCCN: 82140734 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 7.26" W x 9.76" (0.37 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |