Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman continues his series of articles on King Hammurabi of Babylon, his wars against neighbouring city-states including the Elamites and his final defeat at the hands of the Hittites. Click here for Part 1 – The Rise of Babylon. WARS OF THE AMORITE AGE From the fall of Ur in 2004…
Ride forth against the Hittites in the Battle of Kadesh with these Egyptian Chariots: Early New Kingdom Egyptian, 2-horse, 2-crew Light Chariot, (with 4-spoked wheels), a Driver, Armoured Archer and optional Commander or Pharaoh. This chariot can be used for the native Egyptian armies of the 17th and early 18th Dynasties including those of Thutmoses…
Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman returns with a new series of articles on King Hammurabi of Babylon, his wars against neighbouring city-states including the Elamites and his final defeat at the hands of the Hittites. RISE OF BABYLON The rise of Babylonia and Assyria can be traced back to the age of Amorite warlords. In…
Lead your Bronze Age Sea People into battle with this new command group: The figures can be used in all Sea People tribes’ armies, including the Peleset, Sherden, Lukka, Denyen and even Trojan armies. It is not known whether the Sea Peoples carried standards into battle, and if they did, what they looked like. However,…
More reinforcements for Bronze Age armies arrive today, in the form of Levy Spearmen: View in Store Our Levy Spearmen have a light spear and either a round or oblong wicker shield. They represent Hupshu or peasant militia as levied by the City-States of Syria & Canaan, those of Mitanni, Middle Kingdom Assyria, Kassite & Middle…
More wheeled reinforcements for Hittite players this week with three new chariots ready to take on the Egyptians. View in Store These chariots were slightly heavier in construction than other 2-horse chariots of the period, not least because it is likely that the wheel axle was further forward from the rear of the chariot cab,…
These are the regular archers of the 19th and 20th Dynasties (Ramesside period), such as those that fought under Pharaohs Ramesses II, Ramesses III and later Ramesses up until the end of the New Kingdom. These Archers fought against the Hittites and their allies at the famous Battle of Kadesh. These archers are heavier than…
This foot command can be used for the armies of Middle Kingdom Assyria, Kassite Babylonia, Mitanni, the Syrian and Canaanite City-States and Middle period Elam. Includes 2 Commanders, a Standard Bearer and a Musician. View in store You will find in our webstore a comprehensive range of miniatures for fighting battles during the Bronze Age…
This week we have more from the Cutting Edge Miniatures Bronze Age range. Following on from thosewe released for the New Kingdom Egyptian and Hittite armies recently, you can use these archers and javelinmen to widen your range of troop options even further. These models represent Hupshu or peasant Archers levied into the city-state armies…
This week sees the further release of reinforcements for the mighty armies of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Egyptian Archers of the early New Kingdom, including the native Egyptian 17th Dynasty and the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom). Archers such as these would have appeared in the armies of the Pharaohs: Khamose, Ahmose and Thutmose III up until…
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