Going to War in Ancient Egypt (Armies of the Past) [Paperback]

Anne Millard (Author), Mark Bergin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Armies of the Past

Examines how charioteers and footsoldiers, archers and auxiliaries organised far-reaching military expeditions into unexplored territories. With full-colour illustrations and fact-filled text, you can find out what life was really like for a warrior.

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Grade 5-7-These books are designed to give a brief picture of soldiers, their weapons, and military strategies in particular eras and geographic locations, including a highly condensed description of their world at that time. Similar in scope to Martin Windrow's "The Soldier through the Ages" series (Watts; o.p.), they are far less detailed than Peter Connolly's fine The Greek Armies (Silver Burdett, 1979; o.p.) or his Tiberius Claudius Maximus (Oxford, 1989; o.p.), and they are fragmented by the all-too-familiar facing-page "chapters." The volumes on World Wars I and II are more detailed in that they cover specific conflicts. However, all five of these colorful constructions will catch the eye, provide some necessary information for young researchers, and plump up a slender bibliography. Heavily illustrated and with numerous captions, each title includes a map with a brief time line. Academically undemanding, and suffering in spots from oversimplification, these books could brighten up the drab 355s and provide some fresh fodder for military-minded report writers.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Watts (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531163504
• ISBN-13: 978-0531163504
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,355,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thousands of years of technological advances, June 1, 2011

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M. Heiss (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Going to War in Ancient Egypt (Armies of the Past) (Paperback)

Usually, I count on DK Eyewitness books to provide this level of detail and pictorial information. This book is unsurpassed at looking at the defenses and weaponry of ancient Egypt. It covers the different time periods, it tracks the rise and fall of opposing empires, and it SHOWS as well as tells. Really great. Incorporates copies of Egyptian friezes and art to illustrate what is happening.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent illustrated introduction, September 7, 2011

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This review is from: Going to War in Ancient Egypt (Armies of the Past) (Paperback)

This is an excellent introductory book (as good as an Osprey volume, for those familiar with that series). It consists of twelve double-page sections, which are The Egyptian world; Egypt's first armies; Enemies of Egypt; Fortresses; Siege; Training; Ready for battle; Weapons and armour; Making camp; Guarding the empire; Sea battles; Rewards for valour, with a Glossary and Index. Each section is excellently illustrated. The army structure illustrated in the `Ready for Battle' section was most useful (as I am a wargamer who wants to paint model figures of the period) with a pyramid(!) showing the figures of the king at the apex, followed in tiers by a general and officer, the four main types of soldier - light skirmisher, mercenary, infantry and chariot, and below them a servant, cook, priest, scribe, groom and armourers, and a doctor. The quality of the artwork for the illustrations is excellent, and in fact I found it more informative than the Osprey volume - Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt (Warrior) - and considerably cheaper. It doesn't have the archaeological notes of the Osprey, but unless you want to know how to make Egyptian barley beer, or the composition of the doctors' various medicines and poultices, this is the book for you. It also illustrated the various enemies of Egypt, unlike the Osprey, and the fortifications and sieges are also better, though the Osprey does illustrate chariot warfare better. Curiously, Nubian slave-girls are illustrated twice in this volume, but not at all in the Osprey. I found my copy for one penny, plus postage on Amazon.