Warfare
Sanjna Jotwani
- How was the Egyptian army organized?
- Army made up of mercenaries–soldiers who were paid to fight from other lands.
- Army was organized into companies and divisions.
- Company was made of 200 soldiers
- Captain led each company with staff topped with the company’s emblem.
- Division was made of 5,000 soldiers
- Lieutenant or general led each division under the banner of its local god.
- What weapons did the Ancient Egyptians use in battle?
- The infantry, or foot soldiers used javelins (long spears for throwing long distances), daggers, short curved swords.
- To protect themselves they used shields made of rawhide (stiff untanned leather) and wore head gear made of padded caps.
- Some soldiers fought in wooden, horse drawn chariots. The chariots served as movable firing platforms
- Two soldiers rode in each chariot, The archer was armed with bow and arrow, and javelins
- Driver wore a leather or bronze helmet and leather body armor
- What are some other jobs soldiers worked outside of the military?
- During peacetime soldiers worked on jobs outside of military
- Examples: build and design, create and craft objects to sell, dig irrigation (to bring water to crops) canals. sometimes as a laborer
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