Military history

Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC

Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC

The only book available that covers this subject, Warfare in the Ancient Near East is a groundbreaking and fascinating study of ancient near Eastern military history from the Neolithic era to the middle Bronze Ages.

Drawing on an extensive range of textual, artistic and archaeological data, William J. Hamblin synthesizes current knowledge and offers a detailed analysis of the military technology, ideology and practices of Near Eastern warfare.

Paying particular attention to the earliest known examples of holy war ideaology in Mesopotamia and Egypt, Hamblin focuses on:

  • recruitment and training of the infantry
  • the logistics and weaponry of warfare
  • 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 military transportation
  • fortifications and siegecraft
  • *developments in naval warfare.

Beautifully illustrated, including maps of the region, this book is essential for experts and non-specialists alike.

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Neolithic Age and the origin of warfare {to c. 3000}

Chapter 2. Early Dynastic Mesopotamia {3500–2334}

Chapter 3. The Akkadian empire {2334–2190}

Chapter 4. The Neo-Sumerian period {2190–2004}

Chapter 5. War-carts and chariots

Chapter 6. Middle Bronze Mesopotamia {c. 2000–1600}

Chapter 7. Warfare in the age of Mari

Chapter 8. Mesopotamian siegecraft

Chapter 9. Syria and Lebanon

Chapter 10. Canaan

Chapter 11. Anatolia

Chapter 12. Pre-Dynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt {3500–2687}

Chapter 13. Old Kingdom Egypt {2687–2181}

Chapter 14. Warfare during the Old Kingdom

Chapter 15. First Intermediate Period Egypt {2190–2061}

Chapter 16. Middle Kingdom Egypt {2061–1786}

Chapter 17. The military system of the Middle Kingdom

Chapter 18. Early Second Intermediate Period Egypt {1786–1667}

Notes

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