The Neo-Assyrian Shield: Evolution, Heraldry, and Associated Tactics (Material Culture of the Ancient Near East) - Softcover

Backer, Fabrice De; Dehenin, Evelyne

 
9781937040024: The Neo-Assyrian Shield: Evolution, Heraldry, and Associated Tactics (Material Culture of the Ancient Near East)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 193704002X ISBN 13: 9781937040024
Verlag: Lockwood Press, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

This handbook treats the different types of shields used by soldiers in the Neo-Assyrian army and their opponents. Written, visual, and material sources are analyzed to illustrate practical aspects of defensive weaponry in the ancient Near East in the first millennium B.C. The origins, use, evolution, and manufacture of shields are considered in presenting a typology that is essential reading for enthusiasts and scholars alike.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Fabrice De Backer received his doctorates in Ancient Near Eastern Philology and History from the Universite Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve and Sciences of Antiquity from the Universite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg II. He is a military history enthusiast as well as an archaeologist. He is author of The Neo-Assyrian Art of Siege Warfare (Brill, forthcoming).

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Verlag
Lockwood Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
193704002X
ISBN 13 
9781937040024
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
198
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