Автор: Niels M. Saxtorph
Название: Warriors and Weapons of Early Times in Colour
Издательство: Blandford Press
Год: 1972
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 266
Язык: English
Размер: 81 MB

Drawing on an extensive range of textual, artistic, and archaeological data, Warfare from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1700 offers a detailed analysis of the military technology, ideology, and practices of Near Eastern warfare, focusing on key topics including: recruitment and training of the soldiers; the logistics and weaponry of warfare, with emphasis on the shift from stone to metal weapons; the role played by magic; narratives of combat and artistic representations of battle; the origins and development of the chariot as a mode of military transportation; fortifications and siegecraft; and developments in naval warfare.