The City Besieged: Siege and Its Manifestations in the Ancient Near East

The City Besieged: Siege and Its Manifestations in the Ancient Near East
ISBN-10
9654933128
ISBN-13
9789654933124
Category
Military art and science
Pages
211
Language
English
Published
2013
Author
Israel Ephʻal

Description

Exploring the military, legal, social and literary aspects of ancient warfare this study examines the multifaceted nature of the siege phenomenon in the ancient Near East. The book is based on Akkadian and biblical (and, to lesser degree, Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian, Hittite and Ugaritic) sources as well as on the depictions on reliefs from Assyrian palaces and Egyptian temples. The analysis incorporates lexical study and military thinking and focuses on the technology of warfare and human behaviour is a state of emergency.

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