The end of the Bronze Age : changes in warfare and the catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C.
Combining archaeological evidence with descriptions of military tactics, this treatise claims that the end of the Bronze Age was brought about by military conquest rather than by natural catastrophes. It points to the transition from chariot to infantry warfare as the principal proponent of change.
Print Book, English, ©1993
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1993
xii, 252 p. : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
9780691048116, 9780691025919, 0691048118, 0691025916
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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPt. 1IntroductionCh. 1The Catastrophe and Its Chronology3Ch. 2The Catastrophe Surveyed8Pt. 2Alternative Explanations of the CatastropheCh. 3Earthquakes33Ch. 4Migrations48Ch. 5Ironworking73Ch. 6Drought77Ch. 7Systems Collapse85Ch. 8Raiders91Pt. 3A Military Explanation of the CatastropheCh. 9Preface to a Military Explanation of the Catastrophe97Ch. 10The Chariot Warfare of the Late Bronze Age104Ch. 11Footsoldiers in the Late Bronze Age135Ch. 12Infantry and Horse Troops in the Early Iron Age164Ch. 13Changes in Armor and Weapons at the End of the Bronze Age174Ch. 14The End of Chariot Warfare in the Catastrophe209Bibliography227Index245