These are the armies of the Late Bronze Age Hurrian speaking State of Mitanni, (also known as Hanigalbat by the Assyrians and Nahrin by the Egyptians), which came to prominence after the Hittites destroyed the Amorite Babylonian Kingdom at the end of the Middle Bronze Age. Mitanni came to dominate northern Mesopotamia (between the Tigris…
The legendary first Pharaoh of Egypt was Menes or Narmer who unified Upper and Lower Egypt and founded the 1st Dynasty in the early 3rd millennium BCE. The Old Kingdom of Egypt is also often referred to as the “Age of the Pyramids”, being the period when a large number of the pyramids were built,…
The Amorite or Martu nomadic tribes from Syria and Arabian desert had been raiding and infiltrating the Kingdoms of Mesopotamia since the end of the Early Bronze Age. The Code of Hammurabi – which can be seen in the Louvre Paris By the last days of the Neo-Sumerian Empire, immigrating Amorites had become such…
The Sea Peoples, so named by a French Egyptologist at the end of the 19th century, are just one of many armies catered for within the Hail Caesar Range. Sherden depicted at Medinet Habu – note that they appear to be fighting on both sides! Their being named The Sea Peoples is also based…
Cutting Edge Miniatures’ Peter Womack brings us another look at the Bronze Age range – this time focusing on the Early Elamites and how to build an army for this faction. Peter: This range covers Elamite armies of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, known as the Old Elamite Period (c.3000 – c.1500 BCE). Elamite…
The 3rd Dynasty of Ur was founded by Ur-Nammu, after he defeated Utu-hegal of Uruk, who had previously expelled the Gutians from southern Mesopotamia. Under his successor, Shulgi, the lands of the previous Akkadian Empire were amalgamated into what became a Sumerian renaissance. A carving, showing Ur-Nammu enthroned in Ur. Terah approaches, to liaise with the…
Having partnered with Cutting Edge Miniatures back in 2013, our Hail Caesar range has seen a huge expansion over the past few years – and we’re still releasing more Cutting Edge models even now! With that said – we know that it can be a little daunting for newcomers to the period – so we…
Joining the three chariot deals from last week (repeated below), we have another three deals, this time for Early period armies: View in Store View in Store View in Store These are the Late Bronze Age chariot deals from last week: View in Store View in Store View in Store And don’t forget our Egyptian…
To give a helping hand to all those new Bronze Age armies out there we’ve put together a range of deals that will get your chariots massed and ready for action at a great price: View in Store View in Store View in Store And don’t forget our Egyptian and Hittite Chariot Squadrons: Bronze Age…
More reinforcements for Bronze Age armies are in – Medium Spearmen and Hittite or Anatolian Highlander Javelinmen: These are the Regular or Retained Infantry of the Late Bronze Age armies of Mitanni, Middle Kingdom Assyria and Kassite or Middle Kingdom Babylonia. In Mitannian armies they would be known as Alik Ilki. These figures are armed with a Light Spear,…
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