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245 04 $aThe ancient world at war :$ba global history /$cedited by Philip de Souza.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bThames & Hudson,$c2008.
300 $a320 p. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c28 cm.
500 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 308-310) and index.
505 0 $aThe terrible tide of war / Philip de Souza -- War before history / R. Brian Ferguson -- Ancient Egyptian warfare / Ian Shaw and Daniel Boatright -- Ancient Near Eastern warfare / Nigel Tallis -- The might of the Persian empire / Nicholas Sekunda -- Minoan and Mycenaean warfare / Alan Peatfield -- War in Archaic and Classical Greece / Hans van Wees -- Alexander the Great and Hellenistic warfare / David Potter -- Armies of the Roman Republic / Nathan Rosenstein -- Celtic and Iberian warrior cultures / Louis Rawlings -- Parthian and Sasanian Warfare / Nigel Tallis -- Imperial Roman warfare / Jon Coulston -- Rome and the barbarians / Hugh Elton -- Central Asia from the Scythians to the Huns / Jon Coulston -- Warfare in ancient South Asia / Robin Coningham and Mark Manuel -- Warfare in ancient China / Charles A. Peterson -- Warfare in early Korea and Japan / Gina Barnes -- Mesoamerica from the Olmecs to the Aztecs / Ross Hassig -- Ancient warfare in the Andes / Brian S. Bauer, Elizabeth Arkush and Joe Szymczak.
520 $aThis is a global history of ancient warfare, covering Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Rome, Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan, and the Americas. In this survey of ancient warfare, a group of historians and archaeologists discusses major battles and wars from around the world. The book ranges in time from 8000 BC and the earliest evidence of warfare in northern Iraq to the armies of the Aztecs and Incas half a millennium ago, and includes Alexander the Great's triumphant campaigns against Persia in the fourth century BC, Caesar's Gallic Wars, the Han Chinese defeat of the nomadic Xiongnu horsemen, and the Inca ruler Atahualpa's last stand against Pizarro. The authors combine descriptions of the course of military events with analyses and explanations of the underlying social, economic, and cultural factors that shaped ancient warfare. Their essays survey the evolution of armies, tactics, and military equipment, from the strategic mastery evident in an early Chinese treatise on war by Sunzi to the rise of the Greek hoplite warrior and the development of swords and armor in ancient Japan. Special features cover key battles such as Qadesh, Issus, and Cannae; weaponry from shields to artillery; and visual resources such as Trajan's Column and the Terracotta Army. The illustrative material includes photographs, drawings, and specially commissioned 3-D battle reconstructions, maps, and plans, for a total of 351 illustrations, 150 in color.
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