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Lädt ... The Ancient Assyrians: Empire and Army, 883–612 BCvon Mark Healy
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The preface describes the author’s intention as “to present to the general reader a more detailed account of the history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its army” (sc. than was offered in his previous Osprey volume of 1991). The obvious hope is that readers of a general introduction of this kind may want, in the author’s words “to extend their knowledge” of the Assyrian army and they are referred to the three-volume work of T. Deszo (2012–2018), and advised that “the bibliography lists many other works as further reading” (p. 7). While the various inaccuracies in nomenclature etc. (some of which are listed below) are regrettable, it is more unfortunate that in the absence of chapter and verse referring to the textual sources or to some of the secondary studies it is often difficult to distinguish the author’s opinions and assumptions from more factual information from the primary sources.
Drawing on 30 years of scholarship, this is a unique, richly illustrated history of the Ancient Assyrian Army and Empire. For the greater part of the period from the end of the 10th century to the 7th century BC, the Ancient Near East was dominated by the dynamic military power of Assyria. This book examines the empire that is now acknowledged as the first 'world' empire, and thus progenitor of all others. Fully illustrated in colour throughout, with photographs of artefacts, drawings and maps, it focuses on the Assyrian Army, the instrument that secured such immense conquests, now regarded by historians as being the most effective of pre-classical times. It was not only responsible for the creation of history's first independent cavalry arm, but also for the development of siege weapons later used by both Greece and Rome. There is a great deal of visual evidence showing how this army evolved over three centuries. During the rediscovery and excavation of the Assyrian civilisation in the mid-19th century, many wall reliefs and artefacts were recovered, and the enormous amount of research carried out by Assyriologists since that time has revealed the immense impact of the Assyrian Empire on history. Such has been the scale of archaeological discovery in more recent years that it is now possible to give the actual names of chariot/cavalry unit commanders. Drawing on this rich scholarship, and utilising the fantastic collections of museums around the world, Mark Healy presents a unique new history of this fascinating army and empire. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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