Warfare

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Peace & War Period 1

∙ The military played an important role in 9/09/09
war and peacetime
∙ During war: The military fought
∙During peacetime: They helped to build on, go to
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Defenses & Invasions

∙ Protected by desert and Mediterranean Sea

∙ Old kingdom did not have army

∙ That made it easy for the Hyksos to invade

∙ Hyksos had power for 100 years

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∙ After which, the real army was created to
protect.

Weaponry

∙ The Hyksos left new technology such its original

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curved swords, and axes

∙ Headgear and shields were used as a

defense.

∙ Archers fought in chariots; it was a

good moving platform to shoot from

∙ The technology aim in war is simple,

to hit the enemy harder, faster, and
farther away Soldiers

∙ One of the biggest transitions was ∙ During the New kingdom, they got a huge army
from rock, to bronze of full time solders and mercenaries (Soldiers
from other places, paid to fight for Egypt)

∙ When more soldiers were needed, the Pharaoh

would take one out of every ten people that work
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Citations :

Hamilton, R. Ancient Egypt. Bath, UK: Parragon Publishing, 2007. Print.

Crosher, Judith. Technology in the Time of Ancient Egypt. Austin: Raintree Steck~ Vaughn
Publishers, 1998. Print.