L'art du siège néo-assyrien /

L'art du siège néo-assyrien /

In L'art du siège néo-assyrien , Fabrice De Backer investigates the people, materials, tools, machines, and tactics employed during the first millenium B.C. by the Neo-Assyrians to take and defend fortified cities. The story of besieged people, along with their customs, treatment by the winners...

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Main Author: Backer, Fabrice De.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 61.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

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Siege warfare > Assyria > History.
Military art and science > Assyria > History.
Assyria > History, Military.

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Call Number: UG444 .B33 2013

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Summary:In L'art du siège néo-assyrien , Fabrice De Backer investigates the people, materials, tools, machines, and tactics employed during the first millenium B.C. by the Neo-Assyrians to take and defend fortified cities. The story of besieged people, along with their customs, treatment by the winners, and consequences of the conquest are also discussed. Based on the combination of archaeology, iconography, philology and ethnographical comparisons, the analysis of the particular assets of siege-engines or architectural features are developed, along with the best means employed at that time to overcome them. De Backer proposes more than a simple census of all the means known so far, he also develops and enhances our knowledge of siege-warfare in a pragmatic and efficient manner.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 527, 104 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004243064
ISSN:1566-2055 ;
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