Ancient Wld At War Cl

by Souza,Philip De

• ISBN13: 9780500251386
• ISBN10: 050025138X
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-17
• Publisher: THAMES&HUD

Summary

This is the first truly global survey of ancient warfare, discussing major battles and wars not only from ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome, but also from Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan and the Americas. The book ranges in time from c.8,000 BC to the armies of the Aztecs and Incas half a millennium ago, and includes Alexander the Greats triumphant campaigns against Persia, Hannibals conflict with Rome, Caesars GallicWars, the Han Chinese defeat of the nomadic Xiongnu horsemen, and the Inca ruler Atahualpas last stand against Pizarro.Written with total authority by leading international scholars, and richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, drawings and specially commissoned 3-D battle reconstructions, maps and plans, this book will appeal to a wide audience, but specifically to those with an interest in archaeology, ancient history and military history.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Terrible Tide of War	p. 7
War Before History	p. 15
Ancient Egyptian Warfare	p. 29
Ancient Near Eastern Warfare	p. 47
The Might of the Persian Empire	p. 67
Minoan and Mycenaean Warfare	p. 87
War in Archaic and Classical Greece	p. 101
Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Warfare	p. 119
Armies of the Roman Republic	p. 139
Celtic and Iberian Warrior Cultures	p. 157
Parthian and Sasanian Warfare	p. 173
Imperial Homan Warfare	p. 183
Home and the Barbarians	p. 203
Central Asia from the Scythians to the Huns	p. 217
Wahfare in Ancient South Asia	p. 229
Warfare in Ancient China	p. 243
Warfare in Early Korea and Japan	p. 263
Mesoamerica from the Olmecs to the Aztecs	p. 275
Ancient Warfare in the Andes	p. 295
Further Reading	p. 308
List of Contributors	p. 311
Sources of Illustrations	p. 312
Sources of Quotations	p. 313
Index	p. 314
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