Egypt: MilitaryEgypt: Military

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Commanders & ChiefsCommanders & 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.

Military TraditionsMilitary 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

Weapons of Ancient Egypt Weapons of Ancient Egypt

• The weapons they used were copper such as: war spears, swords, clubs, slings, bows, axe.

• During Hyksos invasion, Egypt’s copper weapons were inferior to the bronze weapons of the Hyksos

• Over time Egypt improved its weapons

Picks of weapons Picks of weapons

• Egypt’s 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

The Hyksos invasionThe Hyksos invasion