Global History of Pre-Modern Warfare

Global History of Pre-Modern Warfare

Before the Rise of the West, 10,000 BCE-1500 CE

Roy, Kaushik

Taylor & Francis Ltd

09/2021

278

Dura

Inglês

9780367247164

15 a 20 dias

670

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Introduction: evolution of warfare before the rise of the West 1. The origins of warfare 2. Military convergence and the Bronze Age civilisations of Eurasia 3. Military divergence in Eurasia: Classical Greece against Persia 4. The era of hybrid military machines: Macedonia, the Hellenistic monarchies, India and China 5. Military divergence again: Rome, Carthage, Parthia, India and the Far East 6. Military convergence in medieval Eurasia 7. Convergence or divergence? Naval warfare in medieval Eurasia 8. Evolution of warfare beyond Eurasia Conclusion
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Heavy Infantry;Steppe Nomads;military evolution;Persian Cavalry;pre-colonial;Composite Bows;warfare;Scythe Chariots;Eurasia;Maurya Empire;technology;Military Divergence;Inca Empire;Heavy Cavalry;Aztec Empire;Military Revolution;Sedentary Polities;Tang Empire;Western Eurasia;Eurocentrism;Maritime Tradition;gunpowder;Close Quarter Combat;non-Western militaries;Light Infantry;pre-modern era;Chandragupta Maurya;Early Modern Era;Siege Warfare;Bronze Age Polities;Indus Valley Civilisation;Bronze Age;Long Swords;Horse Archers;Macedonian Army;Torsion Catapult;Darius III