Warfare in the Ancient Near East

Contents

Introduction – David B. Schreiner and Shane M. Thompson

The Defences of Hatra. Fortifications, Weapons and Strategy against the Roman and Sassanian Armies during the 2nd and 3rd cent. CE – Enrico Foietta

Egyptianising Luttwak? A New Look on the Military Organisation of the Middle Kingdom in Lower Nubia – Francesco De Gaetano

Chariots in Ancient Egypt – New Insights into a Supposedly Well-known Phenomenon – Heidi Köpp-Junk

Shock and Awe: A Multi-Scalar Historical Approach to Trajan’s Military Campaign in Mesopotamia – Gabriele Viola

Gesellschaftliches Tötungsverbot und Töten im Krieg im Alten Ägypten – Daniela C. Härtel

Prisoners of War or Deportees? (Re-)Defining Wartime Captivity in Middle and New Kingdom Egypt – Ella Karev

How to Restart a War: Post-War Cycles of Violence in Ancient Egyptian Military Texts – James K. Oakley

The Memory of War: Rewriting History in the Assyrian Period – Laura Battini

Warrior versus Savior: Royal Rhetorics of War in the First Millennium BCE – Jinyan Wang

Between Hero and Villain: Remembering Hezekiah as a Site of Memory in Conjunction with Sennacherib’s Third Military Campaign – David B. Schreiner

The Wars of Pharaoh Merneptah and His Celebratory Program at Karnak Temple – Mark D. Janzen

Remembering the Violence: Reflections on The Psychological Trauma of War in Biblical Narrative – Shane M. Thompson