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Originally Posted by Woogieman
[/B] Egypt got the chariot idea from the Hyksos, whom they later defeated using theri own version. Sooooo...other armies could afford the same.
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New Kingdom is not the Old Kingdom. Old Kingdom, the bronze age. New Kingdom is iron age. There is a 650 year difference, two intermediate periods, and the Middle Kingdom between them.
Everyone's army in the bronze age was made of a warrior elite with bronze armor and weapons with lighter armed peasant archers, slingers, and skirmishers since the materials for making bronze were somewhat rare and expensive. Unlike later iron ore which is incredibly common.