The ancient world
By: Richard A. Gabriel.
Series: Soldiers' lives through history
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780313333484
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.
Table of 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.).