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This book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bcâ1100 bc.
- Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an "Empire of Asia".
- Written by a respected Egyptologist.
- Highlights new technological developments, such as the use of chariots and siege technology.
- Considers the socio-political aspects of warfare, particularly the rise to power of a new group of men.
- Evaluates the military effectiveness of the Egyptian state, looking at the logistics of warfare during this period.
- Incorporates maps and photographs, a chronological table, and a chart of dynasties and pharaohs
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- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chronology
- 1 Prelude to New Kingdom Warfare
- 2 The System of Early Dynasty XVIII: Technological and Physical Constraints
- 3 Southern and Northern Expansion
- 4 Social and Religious Implications of the New Military System
- 5 The Battle of Megiddo and its Result
- 6 The Pharaoh on Campaign: Ideal and Real
- 7 The Later Military Situation in Asia and at Home
- 8 Egyptian Imperialism and Thutmose III
- 9 Dynasty XVIII: Warfare and Economy
- 10 The Amarna Letters and War
- 11 The In.uence of the Egyptian Military from Late Dynasty XVIII to Dynasty XIX
- 12 Early Dynasty XIX
- 13 To Kadesh and After
- 14 Merenptah and Ramesses III
- 15 Egypt on the Defensive
- 16 The Social System of the Military in the Ramesside Period
- General Bibliography
- Index