Osprey Military - Men-At-Arms Series N109 - Ancient Armies of the Middle East - Terence Wise & Angus McBride

Osprey Military: Men-At-Arms Series

Nº109 - Ancient Armies of the Middle East

Terence Wise & Angus McBride

"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."


Contents:

• Introduction
• Chronology
• The Peoples
• The Plates

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