Tag: Bronze Age
Bronze Age, Hail Caesar, Uniforms & History
History: BATTLES OF HAMMURABI part 2 – AMORITE ARMIES
September 24, 2014 Graham Davey
Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman continues his series of articles on King Hammurabi of Babylon, his wars against neighbouring city-states including the Elamites and his final defeat at the hands of the Hittites. Click here for Part 1 – The Rise of Babylon. WARS OF THE AMORITE AGE From the fall of Ur in 2004…
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New: Egyptian Chariots
Ride forth against the Hittites in the Battle of Kadesh with these Egyptian Chariots: Early New Kingdom Egyptian, 2-horse, 2-crew Light Chariot, (with 4-spoked wheels), a Driver, Armoured Archer and optional Commander or Pharaoh. This chariot can be used for the native Egyptian armies of the 17th and early 18th Dynasties including those of Thutmoses…
History: BATTLES OF HAMMURABI part 1 – The Rise of Babylon
Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman returns with a new series of articles on King Hammurabi of Babylon, his wars against neighbouring city-states including the Elamites and his final defeat at the hands of the Hittites. RISE OF BABYLON The rise of Babylonia and Assyria can be traced back to the age of Amorite warlords. In…
New: Sea People Command
Lead your Bronze Age Sea People into battle with this new command group: The figures can be used in all Sea People tribes' armies, including the Peleset, Sherden, Lukka, Denyen and even Trojan armies. It is not known whether the Sea Peoples carried standards into battle, and if they did, what they looked like. However,…
New: Bronze Age Levy Spearmen
September 5, 2014 Graham Davey
More reinforcements for Bronze Age armies arrive today, in the form of Levy Spearmen: View in Store Our Levy Spearmen have a light spear and either a round or oblong wicker shield. They represent Hupshu or peasant militia as levied by the City-States of Syria & Canaan, those of Mitanni, Middle Kingdom Assyria, Kassite & Middle…
New: Later Hittite Chariots
August 29, 2014 Graham Davey
More wheeled reinforcements for Hittite players this week with three new chariots ready to take on the Egyptians. View in Store These chariots were slightly heavier in construction than other 2-horse chariots of the period, not least because it is likely that the wheel axle was further forward from the rear of the chariot cab,…
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New: Late Bronze Age command
August 15, 2014 Andy Hobday
This foot command can be used for the armies of Middle Kingdom Assyria, Kassite Babylonia, Mitanni, the Syrian and Canaanite City-States and Middle period Elam. Includes 2 Commanders, a Standard Bearer and a Musician. View in store You will find in our webstore a comprehensive range of miniatures for fighting battles during the Bronze Age…
New: More Egyptians & Libyans
August 1, 2014 Andy Hobday
This week sees the further release of reinforcements for the mighty armies of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Egyptian Archers of the early New Kingdom, including the native Egyptian 17th Dynasty and the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom). Archers such as these would have appeared in the armies of the Pharaohs: Khamose, Ahmose and Thutmose III up until…
History: New Kingdom Egyptians
July 30, 2014 Graham Davey
When wargamers picture the armies of ancient Egypt it is usually the forces of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom that we have in mind. The New Kingdom refers to the years from the 16th to the 11th centuries BC – roughly from 1550BC until the death of Ramesses XI in 1070BC. This encompasses what…
History: The Battle of Kadesh part 5
July 9, 2014 Graham Davey
In this series of articles, Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman discusses the Battle of Kadesh and the period of war and battle between the Hittites and Egyptians that led to it. In this final part in this series, Nigel brings the battle to a climax and examines the outcome… Courtesy of Osprey Publishing Chariots attack!…