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Dear All,
Welcome to our weekly Devblog!
In today's blog, we're going to talk briefly about infantry in Ancient Egypt, along with showing you some of the warriors in Builders of Egypt! Are you excited the same as we are? ;)
Let's start by saying that the Egyptian military consisted of three major branches: the infantry, the chariotry, and the navy. The Egyptians had no cavalry in the modern sense of the word, although the horses had been introduced into Egypt by the Hyksos along with chariots, which often played a major role in supporting and clearing the way for the infantry to charge. As a matter of fact, the chariotry was very effective in breaking the ranks of the enemy.
Furthermore, Egyptians classified their regiments according to the arms they carried - they had Archers, Spearmen, and Lancers. As you can see in the screenshot below, all of the warriors standing in front of the in-game Fort are also supplied with large leather-covered shields and axes. Each regiment in Builders of Egypt has also a standard - a pole with the symbol of warriors and archers. Historically, the tradition of using standards probably arose in the times of tribes as so-called tribal fetishes, which at that time were reverenced as religious symbols, afterwards they were adopted as a military badge of the specific nome.
The infantry was by far the greatest body of the ancient Egyptian army.
Hope you enjoyed our latest blog! Looking forward to your thoughts about today's short introduction! Feel free to share them with us in the comments below, at Discord, or on Reddit! You can find more about soldiers in general in our previous blogs.
Stay tuned and see you next week Egyptian Builders!
--- Your Team from Strategy Labs ---
More about Pharaoh's army:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/818520/view/6048900423830388110
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/818520/view/6048900423830461020
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/818520/view/3104672693362010030
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/818520/view/3104672693362032264
