Warships of the ancient world : 3000-500 BC / Adrian K. Wood ; illustrated by Giuseppe Rava.
Material type: TextSeries: New vanguardPublication details: Oxford ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey Publishing, 2012. Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849089784; 1849089787Subject(s): Warships -- History | Navires de guerre -- Histoire | Warships | Mediterranean Region -- History, Naval | Mediterranean RegionGenre/Form: History. | Naval history.DDC classification: 359 LOC classification: VM16 | .W66 2012Summary: The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility.