Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-506) and index.
The Neolithic Age and the origin of warfare {to c. 3000} -- Early dynastic Mesopotamia {3500-2334} -- The Akkadian empire {2334-2190} -- The Neo-Sumerian period {2190-2004} -- War-carts and chariots -- Middle Bronze Mesopotamia {c. 2000-1600} -- Warfare in the age of Mari -- Mesopotamian siegecraft -- Syria and Lebanon -- Canaan -- Anatolia -- Pre-dynastic and early dynastic Egypt {3500-2687} -- Old Kingdom Egypt {2687-2181} -- Warfare during the Old Kingdom -- First intermediate period Egypt {2190-2061} -- Middle Kingdom Egypt {2061-1786} -- The military system of the Middle Kingdom -- Early second intermediate period Egypt {1786-1667}