12-12-2021, 07:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2021, 07:50 AM by Dan Howard.)
Even if the Assyrians used leather scale armour, it would have been the same style as their metal scale armour, which looks nothing like the above Yanghai armour. Assyrian scale armour was very similar in style to the earlier scale armours used by Egyptians, Mitannians, Hittites, Mycenaeans, and so on. So their following statement is false as well:
"With the increasing use of chariots in Middle Eastern warfare, a special armor for horsemen was developed in the 9th century BCE."
This "special armour for horsemen" was developed in this region around seven hundred years earlier in the 16th century (some reckon that it was introduced by the Hurrians). The main difference between Assyrian scale armour and earlier scale armours in the same region was that the Assyrians used iron instead of bronze.
"With the increasing use of chariots in Middle Eastern warfare, a special armor for horsemen was developed in the 9th century BCE."
This "special armour for horsemen" was developed in this region around seven hundred years earlier in the 16th century (some reckon that it was introduced by the Hurrians). The main difference between Assyrian scale armour and earlier scale armours in the same region was that the Assyrians used iron instead of bronze.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
