Egypt: Military

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Egypt Military

• By David

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Commanders Chiefs

• It was during the long military campaigns against
  the Hyksos that the Egyptian army learned to use
  the superior strategies and weapons of there
  enemies
• The new model army was based on a structured
  hierarchy controlled with strict discipline.

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Military Traditions

• By the time of Tuthmosis III Egypt had earned a
  well deserved reputation for having one of the
  best-trained armies in the near east.
• Ironically, the Egyptians were actually among the
  least warlike people of ancient times as Nile
  provided all necessary materials for survival and
  its desert borders protected Egypt
• Success of Hyksos invasion alerted Egypt to the
  need for a stronger army
• Army was very disciplined and well trained
• Army invoked the power of the gods to ensure
  victory

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Weapons of Ancient Egypt

• The weapons they used were copper such as war
  spears, swords, clubs, slings, bows, axe.
• During Hyksos invasion, Egypts copper weapons
  were inferior to the bronze weapons of the Hyksos
• Over time Egypt improved its weapons

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Picks of weapons
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The Hyksos invasion

• Egypts success was to be punctured by the
  invasion of the Hyksos, a warlike people, most
  likely from a area of what is now Syria and
  Palestine.
• Egypt weapons were no match against new
  technologies such as the bows, horse drawn
  chariots and Bronze weapons during the Hyksos
  invasion and 150 year occupation
• Egypt improved their weapons and drove the Hyksos
  out

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