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  2. Military of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Military of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian War Wheels. Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, concentrated along the northern reaches of the Nile River in Egypt. The civilization coalesced around 3150 BC [1] with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh, and it developed over the ...

  3. List of equipment of the Egyptian Army - Wikipedia

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    9×19mm. Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Helwan 920 [ 6 ] Italy Egypt. Semi-automatic pistol. 9×19mm. Beretta M92-FS pistol, with early Beretta 92-style grip-mounted magazine release button. Produced under license by the Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54 [ 7 ] Service Pistol.

  4. Khopesh - Wikipedia

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    A typical khopesh is 50–60 cm (20–24 inches) in length, though smaller examples also exist. The inside curve of the weapon could be used to trap an opponent's arm, or to pull an opponent's shield out of the way. These weapons changed from bronze to iron in the New Kingdom period. [3] The earliest known depiction of a khopesh is from the ...

  5. Egyptian Army - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Army (Arabic: الجيش المصري, romanized:El Geish el Masry), officially the Egyptian Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية المصرية, romanized:El-Quwwāt El-Barriyya El-Maṣriyya), is the land warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest service branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It was ...

  6. Chariotry in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian War Chariot. Chariots were very expensive, heavy and prone to breakdowns, yet in contrast with early cavalry, chariots offered a more stable platform for archers. [citation needed] Chariots were also effective for archery because of the relatively long bows used, and even after the invention of the composite bow the length of the bow was not significantly reduced.

  7. CAIRO, Egypt – A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has unearthed a 3,200-year-old military fort deep within Egypt's Beheira Governorate. Nestled in the Nile Delta, the remarkably well ...

  8. Military of ancient Nubia - Wikipedia

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    Military of ancient Nubia. Nubia (/ ˈnuːbiə, ˈnjuː -/) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) [1][2] as well as the confluence of the blue and white Niles (south of Khartoum in central Sudan) [2] or, more strictly, Al Dabbah. [1][3] Nubia was the ...

  9. Anglo-Egyptian War - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Egyptian War. The British conquest of Egypt, also known as the Anglo-Egyptian War (Arabic: الاحتلال البريطاني لمصر, romanized: al-iḥtilāl al-Brīṭānī li-Miṣr, lit. ' British occupation of Egypt '), occurred in 1882 between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the United Kingdom. It ended a ...