This work covers the major field battles of the ancient period, including case studies of significant engagements and sieges to provide a complete introductory history of the Near Eastern Iron Age. There is also an analysis of the campaign against Elam in 653 BC. Using surviving contemporary sources, this work offers portraits of characters such as Assumasirpal II and Semiramis (the famed female commander).
- ISBN10 1841764574
- ISBN13 9781841764573
- Publish Date 30 January 2004
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 21 August 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Osprey Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English