Social life in ancient Egypt / by W.M. Flinders Petrie.

  • Flinders Petrie
Date:
1923
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Credit: Social life in ancient Egypt / by W.M. Flinders Petrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the addition of a stone wall (F.H.K.A., i, ii.). It resembles Avaris in every other respect, and is of just the same size. Defensive Forces. Having observed the material means of defence, we turn to the structure of the fighting force for which they were built. The successive invasions which occupied Egypt—the Libyans from the West, the second civilisation of Asiatics, and the dynastic people—each had to fight to get a footing, and to fight to retain it. In the triumph of Normer (Mena) he records the capture of 120,000 men, 400,000 oxen, and 1,422,000 goats. This implies a large and well- organised army to seize and control such great numbers. In the Ilnd dynasty the defeat of the “ rebels ” is shown by 47,209 slaughtered enemies, and here the Egyptian love of minute accounts is already seen. At the end of the Illrd dynasty, Sneferu defeated the negroes and brought back 7,000 captives and 200,000 cattle. All of this fighting involved weeks of expeditions, with the feeding of tens of thousands of soldiers, and shows capable organisation. In the Vth dynasty the Libyan war ended in bringing 832,941 cattle into Egypt. It seems that these wars were by a levy of the military third of the population, or perhaps a
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