The Early Dynastic Period in Mesopotamia can function as a sort of experimental laboratory to study the early development of state-controlled warfare. This paper approaches the topic from the point of view of tecnical and tactical achievments in three different warfare types, all of them equally new to the period: the battle on wheels, the phalanx attack, and the siege warfare.

Warfare techniques in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

Gilibert, Alessandra
2005-01-01

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The Early Dynastic Period in Mesopotamia can function as a sort of experimental laboratory to study the early development of state-controlled warfare. This paper approaches the topic from the point of view of tecnical and tactical achievments in three different warfare types, all of them equally new to the period: the battle on wheels, the phalanx attack, and the siege warfare.
2005
ARMS AND ARMOUR THROUGH THE AGES (From the Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity). Proceedings of the International Symposium
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