The End of the Bronze Age Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. - Third Edition / Robert Drews (Professor of Classics and History, Vanderbilt University, USA).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drews, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Mediterranean Region.

Bronze age.

Chariot warfare--Mediterranean Region.

Chariot warfare.

Warfare, Prehistoric--Mediterranean Region.

Warfare, Prehistoric.

Weapons, Prehistoric--Mediterranean Region.

Weapons, Prehistoric.

Mediterranean Sea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text attempts to account for the destruction of key cities in the Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age, circa the 12th century BC. The author proposes a military explanation for the destruction of four important kingdoms at this time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

Chapter One. THE CATASTROPHE AND ITS CHRONOLOGY

Chapter Two. THE CATASTROPHE SURVEYED

Chapter Three. EARTHQUAKES

Chapter Four. MIGRATIONS

Chapter Five. IRONWORKING

Chapter Six. DROUGHT

Chapter Seven. SYSTEMS COLLAPSE

Chapter Eight. RAIDERS

Chapter Nine. PREFACE TO A MILITARY EXPLANATION OF THE CATASTROPHE

Chapter Ten. THE CHARIOT WARFARE OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE

Chapter Eleven. FOOTSOLDIERS IN THE LATE BRONZE AGE

Chapter Twelve. INFANTRY AND HORSE TROOPS IN THE EARLY IRON AGE

Chapter Thirteen. CHANGES IN ARMOR AND WEAPONS AT THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE

Chapter Fourteen. THE END OF CHARIOT WARFARE IN THE CATASTROPHE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-243) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691209975

0691209979

OCLC:

1227051720