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  2. Military of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian archer on a chariot, from an ancient engraving at Thebes. The bow and arrow is one of ancient Egypt's most crucial weapons, used from Predynastic times through the Dynastic age and into the Christian and Islamic periods. The first bows were commonly "horn bows", made by joining a pair of antelope horns with a central piece of wood.

  3. Ancient warfare - Wikipedia

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    Ancient weapons included the spear, the atlatl with light javelin or similar projectile, the bow and arrow, the sling; polearms such as the spear, falx and javelin; hand-to-hand weapons such as swords, spears, clubs, maces, axes, and knives.

  4. Ancient Egyptian navy - Wikipedia

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    This war is perhaps the most famous Egyptian war heavily involving the naval strength of the empire, and it is the first to ever be well documented. During the reign of Rameses III which was in 1182 BCE to 1151 BCE, a new threat arose to challenge the Egyptians in a different way than what they were used to. [11]

  5. Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian military was responsible for defending Egypt against foreign invasion, and for maintaining Egypt's domination in the ancient Near East. The military protected mining expeditions to the Sinai during the Old Kingdom and fought civil wars during the First and Second Intermediate Periods.

  6. List of equipment of the Egyptian Army - Wikipedia

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    Egypt purchased the original 215 units from the Soviet Union and a domestic production license renaming all the future machines Sakr. Sark-4 are tripod-based units, while Sakr-10 and Sakr-8 are jeep-mounted units, and the rest are truck-mounted units. Egypt also developed a wheeled based MRL called Sakr-45. RAAD 200 Egypt: 122mm MLRS N/A [83] [73]

  7. Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian account gives the date of the battle as the 21st day of the first month of the third season, of Year 23 of the reign of Thutmose III. It has been claimed that this was April 16, 1457 BC, according to the Middle Chronology , [ citation needed ] although other publications place the battle in 1482 BC or 1479 BC.

  8. Machimoi - Wikipedia

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    Possible reconstruction of a late Ptolemaic máchimos (around mid–1st century BCE) [1]. The term máchimoi (Greek: μάχιμοι, plural of μάχιμος, máchimos, meaning "pugnacious") commonly refers to a broad category of ancient Egyptian low-ranked soldiers which rose during the Late Period of Egypt (664–332 BCE) and, more prominently, during the Ptolemaic dynasty (323–30 BCE).

  9. List of wars involving Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Invasion of Egypt into Sudan adding it to Egypt Eyalet.? Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Egypt. Kingdom of Greece: Defeat. Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece. over 8,000 [17] First Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) Ottoman Egypt: Ottoman Empire: Victory. Egypt gained the Aleppo Vilayet and the Syria ...