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Warfare in the Ancient World
By Brewer, Paul
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-81725-442-1
- Publisher
- Austin, TX : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1999
Gr 7-10 Even though these series titles present straightforward descriptions of wars, who fought them, and how, why is a question that might occur to many readers. Nowhere is there any discussion of the social and economic factors that gave rise to fighting. Ancient World covers the rise and fall of empires and dynasties from Egypt through the Roman Empire. Specific battles, from Kadesh to Cannae, are described with accompanying diagrams. This pattern is repeated in Medieval World and Renaissance World, but the a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
