Once warfare became established in ancient civilizations, it's hard to find any other social institution that developed as quickly. In less than a thousand years, humans brought forth the sword, sling, dagger, mace, bronze and copper weapons, and fortified towns. The next thousand years saw the emergence of iron weapons, the chariot, the standing professional army, military academies, general staffs, military training, permanent arms industries, written texts on tactics, military procurement, logistics systems, conscription ...
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Once warfare became established in ancient civilizations, it's hard to find any other social institution that developed as quickly. In less than a thousand years, humans brought forth the sword, sling, dagger, mace, bronze and copper weapons, and fortified towns. The next thousand years saw the emergence of iron weapons, the chariot, the standing professional army, military academies, general staffs, military training, permanent arms industries, written texts on tactics, military procurement, logistics systems, conscription, and military pay. By 2,000 B.C.E., war was an important institution in almost all major cultures of the world. This book shows readers how soldiers were recruited, outfitted, how they fought, and how they were cared for when injured or when they died. It covers soldiers in major civilizations from about 4000 B.C.E. to about 450 C.E. Topics are discussed cross-culturally, drawing examples from several of the cultures, armies, and time periods within each chapter in order to provide the reader with as comprehensive an understanding as possible and to avoid the usual Western-centric perspective too common in analyses of ancient warfare.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. 328 p. Soldiers' Lives through History. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2006029538 Type of material Book Personal name Gabriel, Richard A. Main title The ancient world / Richard A. Gabriel. Published/Created Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2007. Description xviii, 305 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm. ISBN 0313333483 (alk. paper) 9780313333484 (alk. paper) LC classification U29. G22 2007 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.). Subjects 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. Series Soldiers' lives through history Dewey class no. 355.009/01 National bib no. GBA685508 National bib agency no. 013572555 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm71288750 (OCoLC)71288750
