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Author:

Gabriel, Richard A.

Title:

The ancient world / Richard A. Gabriel.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xviii, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Soldiers--History--To 1500.
Armies--History--To 1500.
Military art and science--History--To 500.
Military history, Ancient.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-296) and index.

Contents:

I. Military life -- Origins of war -- The soldier -- Recruitment -- Manpower -- Rations -- Equipment -- The camp -- Discipline and punishment -- Weapons -- Armor, helmets, and shields -- Chariotry -- Cavalry -- Logistics and transport -- Strategic range and endurance -- Tactics -- Military staffs -- Siegecraft and artillery -- Death and wounding -- Infection and disease -- Injury -- Medical care -- II. Ancient armies -- Sumer and Akkad (3500-2200 B.C.E.) -- Egypt (1580-960 B.C.E.) -- The Mitanni (1480-1335 B.C.E.) -- The Hittites (1450-1180 B.C.E.) -- The Canaanites (1500-900 B.C.E.) -- The Philistines (1200-900 B.C.E.) -- The Israelites (1100-921 B.C.E.) -- Assyria (890-612 B.C.E.) -- China (1750-256 B.C.E.) -- India (1200-120 B.C.E.) -- Classical Greece (600-338 B.C.E.) -- Persia (546-323 B.C.E.) -- Imperial Greece (356-323 B.C.E.) -- The Successors (323-168 B.C.E.) -- Republican Rome (500-28 B.C.E.) -- Carthage (814-146 B.C.E.) -- The barbarians: Gauls, Germans, and Goths (58 B.C.E.-445 C.E.) -- Imperial Rome (9-450 C.E.).

Series:

Soldiers' lives through history

ISBN:

9780313333484 (alk. paper)
0313333483 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71288750

LCCN:

2006029538

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)