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Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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224 THE EiaiiTEENTIl TIIEDAN DYNASTY. Here one man, while cleaning his armour, superintends the cooking. Another,similarly engaged, drinks from a skin of wine held up by a slave. A thirdhas taken his chariot to pieces, and is replacing some portion the worse forwear. Some are sharpening their daggers or lances; others mend theirloin-cloths or sandals, or exchange blows with fists and sticks. The baggage,linen, arms, and provisions are piled in disorder on the ground; horses, oxen,and asses are eating or chewing the cud at their ease; while here and there
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W^v^2lWnW^(W^W(^ SCIOSKS TKOM MILIIAKV LIFE IN AN ECVITIAN lAMT. a donkey, relieved of his burden, rolls himself on the ground and brays withdelight.3 The success of the Egyptians in battle was due more to the courage andhardihood of the men than to the strategical skill of their commanders. Wefind no trace of manoeuvres, in the sense in which we understand the word,either in their histories or on their bas-reliefs, but they joined battle boldlywith the enemy, and the result was decided by a more or less bloody conflict.The heavy infantry was placed in the centre, the chariots were massed on theflanks, while light troops thrown out to the front began the action by letting fly Drawn by FaucUer-Giuliu, from a photograph by Beato; cf. Ciiampolliox, Monuments, pis. xxix.,XXX.; RosKLLiNi, Motiu. Slor., pis. Ixxxvii., xcviii.-c, cvi., evil.; Lepsius, Denkm., iii. 151, 155. Theoriginal is in the Kamesseum. We are speaking of the camp of Thatmosis IH, near Alttna, the day before the battle of

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