Ancient Egyptian Warfare

In the Ancient Egyptian times, the Egyptians fought between one another over who was in charge and whether the kingdoms would be united. Most of the time, kingdoms were at peace, but there were some times when the Ancient Egyptians would go to war. The areas were covered with dry deserts and sand so if someone tried to invade, it would be difficult. They were, however, invaded by the Nubians from the south, the Hyksos from the north, and later on, the Libyans from the west. The Egyptians had three different time periods where they fought in wars and later advanced their weapons and military strategies. Weapons were important to be able to fight during war. The Egyptian military consisted of infantrymen, charioteers, and the navy. The …show more content…
The Egyptians reformed their military with the vast amounts of knowledge they had learned from the Hyksos. The Egyptians reached new limits during this age. New warriors emerged and joined the army as charioteers. They rode light, agile chariots pulled by two horses. The infantry also reached new advances and started using a new weapon named the khopesh. They also started wearing scale armor or leather tunics with metal scales sewn onto them. They also improved their axes as a result of their advances in armor. They made their axe more piercing rather than their original slashing battle axe. As they furthered their military, they also further developed their country by successfully capturing land from their enemies. This caused many of their close neighbors such as the Libyans and the Nubians to retaliate and invade them back. The Libyans took over the Western portions of the Nile Delta, while the Nubians took over upper Egypt. This caused Egypt to be weakened and prone to attacks from other surrounding forces. They were unable to hold off future invasions and then were ruled by other foreign forces at the very end of the New Kingdom. During wars, the Egyptians used many weapons. The Egyptian men had to produce the weapons for war. The people used wood, string, leather, rocks, and other materials to create the weapons. Some started weak and didn't work as planned, but some worked out better. The weapons in the beginning were made weak and with incorrect materials making the weapons not easy to use. Over time the Egyptian people switched to making their weapons out of metal. The weapons included slings, bows and arrows, chariots, clubs, maces, spears, battle axes, swords, scimitars, daggers, and