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Warships of the Ancient World

3000–500 BC

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Warships of the Ancient World

3000–500 BC

Description

The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated.

A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility. The earliest of these were the Punt ships and the war galleys of Egypt which defeated the Sea People in the first known naval battle. Following the fall of these civilisations, the Phoenicians built biremes and other vessels, while in Greece the ships described in detail in the 'Trojan' epics established a tradition of warship building culminating in the pentekonters and triaconters.

In the first accessible introduction to this subject, Adrian K. Wood examines the warships of the period, alongside illustrations from pottery and carved seals, and depicted in inscriptions and on bas-reliefs.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Egypt
Minoan Crete
Bronze Age Syria
Phoenicia: The Legacy of Ugarit
Greece
Bibliography

Product details

Published 20 Jan 2013
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781849089807
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 25 b/w; 23 col
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 196
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Adrian K. Wood

Adrian K. Wood holds an Honours degree in Ancient…

Illustrator

Giuseppe Rava

Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took…

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