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Livres anciens et modernes

Cotterell, Arthur

CHARIOT The Astounding Rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine Fine in Fine dust jacket

Pimlico, 2004

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Année
2004
Auteur
Cotterell, Arthur
Éditeurs
Pimlico
Thème
Chariot India Indology Egyptology Ancient History Egypt Britain, British Constantinople
Description
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
Hardcover ISBN 0712669426

Description

Narrating the development and disappearance of the world's first war machine, this book reminds readers that much of the power of ancient empires was two-wheeled and horse-driven. Harnessed to other historians' broad-spectrum research on the causes of the end of the Bronze Age, Cotterell argues that, much like the later introduction of the stirrup, chariot technology dramatically recast battlefield strategy across the ancient world. Egyptians employed chariots as all-purpose fighting machines, while Roman chariots were more ceremonial, and Indian troops used theirs as archery platforms; Chinese engineers developed more efficient harnesses, permitting heavier cars. The author's comparative approach broadens the appeal of what would otherwise seem a narrow topic, but this account nevertheless behaves as a detailed military history. Particularly interesting for such scholarship, the author also discusses the chariot as a vehicle for modern popular culture; it aims to dispel the notion that chariots were simply horse-pulled tanks. Scholarly yet accessible, ; 344 pages