By Tim Hendrickson
Imagine yourself on the battlefield of Egypt
fighting chaos is around you but you just keep fighting
you are the only thing that stands between the enemy and
the borders of Egypt you are a soldier. There were two
stages of the Egyptian army the conscripts and the soldiers
also there were three types of soldiers’ archers’ charioteers
and foot soldiers they all belonged to the pharaoh of Egypt
he was a warrior to. In this article you will learn what it
was like to be a soldier in the Egyptian army.
To start, the first stage of the army was
conscripts. Conscripts were the first ever soldiers of Egypt
they weren’t quite brave and had little training for
fighting. (Malam) The conscript soldiers were forced
to fight so the pharaoh would not
be overthrown or attacked by other
civilizations conscripts did not have
to do anything unless the enemy go
to close natural borders that
protected Egypt and few crossed if
they did they would be killed by the
army. (Malam)
Next, soldiers were the
second army was soldiers. The soldiers were full time and
were much more educated at fighting than the conscripts.
(Malam) the soldiers started around 1500 B.C.E and
protected the pharaoh much more than the conscripts
although the conscripts started to fade some of them were
still in the Egyptian army. With the soldiers the Egyptian
empire lasted for a long time. (Malam)
Tim H. p.4
Also, there were many types of soldiers. One type was foot
soldiers they fought with spears axes and curved swords.
(Malam) Some other types of soldiers were charioteers and
archers the charioteers
rode on chariots and
fought
With bows while the driver steered into battle and rammed
the enemy head on. The archers fought with bows and
defended from the back while the battle raged on.
(Malam)Lastly, the Egyptian army was crucial to every
ones survival. In this article you learned what it is like to
be a soldier in the Egyptian army. With all the evidence it
is clear to imagine the scenario the Egyptian army was in.