The Analysis Of The Egyptian Military System In The New Kingdom Period

The military is a continuation of politics, military action is the most intense of diplomatic form. In ancient Egypt, maintain stability in the country and achieve regional hegemony is based on a strong military power. At the same time, it ensure the stable development of the society economy. In the process of constructing the history of ancient Egypt, the construction of the military system is an important work, in order to better understand the inner reason of the ancient Egyptian civilization evolution and decline, the research of military system is necessary. So, in the Egyptian academia, research on ancient Egyptian military system has been a hot topic; Domestic scholars have few monographs of this problem, plain and not in depth. Foreign scholars have discussed comparatively scattered. So, the paper will based on a large number of documents and archaeological data as the basis, constructed the ancient Egyptian military management system. During the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt is the age of Empires, at this time, the military activities are most frequently, the relevant literature and archaeological data retained many, and, along with the enlargement of the scale of war, the military management system is more perfect. Formation a bright system, clear division of the army, Infantry, Navy, Chariot and so on. And set up a lot of military officers led by the Pharaoh. Pharaoh, vizier, general, standard-bearer, lieutenant-commander of the army, superintendent of fortresses and the great of fifty. Except that, also set up non-military officials in the military bureaucracy system, scribe of the army and reporter of the army. Set up the clear size of unit and brigade. Based on this, the paper divided into four parts: chapter one, the definition of a military concept; chapter two, military officials during the New Kingdom; chapter three, the military establishment during the New Kingdom; chapter four, the soldier system in the New Kingdom. From the four parts, the paper constructed the ancient Egyptian military management system.