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Click here to shop our range. Hattusilis I united the Hattic kingdoms and founded the Hittite Kingdom. Later kings gradually conquered surrounding regions. The Empire reaches its greatest extent with the conquests of Suppiluliuma I who defeated Arzawa and Mitanni. Muwatalli defended Hittite gains in Syria against the Egyptians, inflicting a defeat on the Egyptians in a massed chariot battle at Kadesh. Hattusili III made peace with Egypt and contended with the Kaska invaders and Achaian adventurers as well as the rising power of Assyria. Later kings extended Hittite rule over Cyprus. The Empire ultimately fell to Kaska, Phrygian and sea...

Click here to shop our Nubians range. From 3000 BC onwards the wild tribes of Upper and Lower Nubia continually attacked the southern borders of Egypt. They were numerous and brave if not well organised, and posed a serious threat to the areas they raided. While the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom Egyptians seem to have had little trouble defeating Nubian incursions in open battle it is interesting to note that they also took them into their armies as auxiliaries in large numbers. During the post New Kingdom period (around 750 BC) the Nubians finally overwhelmed parts of Egypt and set up...

Click here to shop our Sea Peoples range. The Sea Peoples were a confederation of tribes from around the Mediterranean islands, the Aegean, Anatolia, Balkans and Levant. These tribes included the Sherden, Lukka, Peleset, Tjekker, Sheklesh, Dardani, Weshwesh, Teresh and Ekwesh. These tribes were a constant menace as pirate sea raiders who attacked Greece, Cyprus, Hittite coasts, Phoenicia, Canaan and Egypt. They were often hired as mercenaries. A huge confederation attacked Egypt at the end of the New Kingdom by land and sea. The Sea Peoples fought Egypt, the Hittites, the Phoenicians and Canaanites, the Mycenaeans and Trojans and as Philistines...

Click here to shop our Mitanni, Syrians, Canaanites and Hyskos range. Hurrian chariot warrior aristocracy (Maryannu) dominated the city states of Syria and Canaan. Some of these, the Hyksos, invaded Egypt. Later, the Hurrians formed the powerful Mitannian Empire in Syria and North Mesopotamia which fought resurgent Egypt for control of the region and ruled Assyria for a time. The Canaanites with Mitannian allies fought the Egyptians at Megiddo. The Hittites defeated Syrians and Hurrians and incorporated them into their empire as vassal kingdoms. The Canaanites fought against the Habiru tribes (Hebrews) until the Hebrews succeeded in carving out a kingdom...

Click here to shop our New Kingdom Egyptians range. ARMY ORGANISATION Units of 50, 200, 250 & 1000 men. Four armies of at least 5000 men. Best Troops - Marines, hand to hand infantry, archers, fast Chariots. Typical Allies & Mercenaries - Nubians, Libyans, Syrians, Sea Peoples. Terrain - Homeland; irrigated river valley with rocky desert margins. Often invaded forested Phoenicia, Syrian, Libyan & Nubian desert and Canaan. Hypothetical Encounters - Egyptians vs Mycenaeans/Minoans in Libya. Egyptians vs Solomon’s Israelites. Egyptians vs Shalmaneser’s Assyrians.       QUICK PAINTING GUIDE Skin tones - Arab complexion, dark hair, Nubians as Sudanese. Clothing -...