Books with title Ancient Weapons: The Story of Weaponry and Warfare Through the Ages

The ancient Greeks established modes of and attitudes about warfare that profoundly influenced later European and European-based peoples. Indeed, the triumph of Western civilization from Greco-Roman times to the present owes an incalculable debt to the Greeks. In fascinating detail, this volume covers Greek weapons, armor, battle formations and tactics, and naval warfare, supported by numerous eyewitness accounts of battles and other pivotal events.

The colorful, chaotic, and deadly warfare of the medieval era comes to life in this information-packed volume. Armored knights, massed archers armed with crossbows and longbows, sieges of castles using scaling adders and catapults, phalanxes of pikemen, early cannons and hand-held guns -- all are explored in detail, with frequent quotes by contemporary sources and modern scholars.

For more than two thousand years ancient Egypt was one of the world?s great powers, able to field large, well-equipped armies and conquer neighboring lands. Covered here are the weapons and battle tactics that helped the Egyptians rise to greatness, including the war chariot and composite bow, highlights of pivotal battles, and an analysis of why the Egyptian military declined.