"An introduction to the history and lifestyle of the Pharaohs' armies"--Provided by publisher.
Their existence and power have been given a mythical status. In this book, Nic Fields reveals the truth behind these myths, and explores the lives of the ordinary soldiers who were the might of Middle Kingdom Egypt.
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 ...
Ramesses II employed captured Tjehenu in his bodyguard (KRI II, 289, l. 15–16), and the Meshwesh tribe provides auxiliary troops in Papyrus Anastasi (Fischer-Elfert, Papyrus Anastasi I, 149–151). 81. Epigraphic Survey, Medinet Habu 1, ...
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However, the recent study of Redford, The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III, is presently the most valuable and up-to-date analysis. Anson F. Rainey, “The Military Camp Ground at Taanach by the Waters of Megiddo,” Eretz-Israel ...
68 on Bricius messedaeg on St Brice's feast-day (13 Nov.; Brice was an early Gaulish bishop, d. 444). It is not clear how many Danes were slaughtered in the St Brice's day massacre, which Æthelred later claimed he had ordered with the ...
Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that ...
As well as discussing such crucial issues as military strategy, martial ideology, construction of fortresses and waging of siege warfare, this book includes the study of practical questions of life, death and survival of individual soldiers ...
Diplomacy had gained him unhindered access to the Orontes River crossing as well as an unimpeded axis of advance to the north along the east bank of the river. We do not know if Thutmose proposed a bargain with Kadesh.
This work makes the case that operational art emerged during that period. This study explains how Ancient Egypt’s war machine reached a high level of sophistication through a brief examination of Ancient Egypt warfare.