Chronological Order ish KEY CONCEPTS Capacity – Resources of a society and its ability to generate military force Culture – How a society thinks things should work Calculation – Specific responses by people to specific challenges Military Horizon –Term used to distinguish warfare from violence EARLY WARS (Aside, 2600BC to around 1000BC) Ur and Lagash fought in 2600BC, Lagash defeated Ur over land dispute Sargon the Great first super state, Akkadian Empire, won due to new composite bow Chariot appeared around 2000BC, central role for centuries to come Battle of Kadesh Egypt vs Hittites, both used thousands of chariots First peace treaty to come from that, in 1259BC Bronze age collapse followed in 1200BC Shang Dynasty 1600BC ruled china Zhou dynasty replaced them in 1000BC with more chariots 1000BC to 480BC WEST (Greeks) Mycenaean Greece collapsed in 1200BC and led to City States Western military traditions traced to ancient Greece City states focused on decisive battle, infantry, and application of capi
