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The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt and much of the eastern Mediterranean basin for nearly 300 years. As a Macedonian dynasty, they derived much of their legitimacy from military activity. As an Egyptian dynasty, they derived much of their real wealth and power from maintaining a secure hold on their new homeland. As lords of a far-flung empire, they maintained much of their authority through garrisons and the threat of military action. To achieve this they devoted much of their activity to the development and maintenance of a large army and navy. This work focuses on the period of the first four Ptolemies, from the acquisition of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great to the great battle of Raphia more than a century later. It offers a study of the Ptolemaic army as an institution, and of its military operations, both reconstructed through a wide range of ancient sources, from histories to documentary papyri and inscriptions to archaeological finds. It examines the reasons for Ptolemaic successes and failures, the causes and nature of military change and reform, and the particular details of the Ptolemaic army's soldier classes, unit organization, equipment, tactics, and the Ptolemaic state's strategy to compile a military history of the golden age of one of the classical world's significant forces.

Armies --- History --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Egypt. --- To 1500 --- Egypt --- History, Military --- Armies. --- History, Military. --- Military art and science --- Egyptian Army --- Egyptian Ground Forces --- Jaysh al-Miṣrī --- Qūwwāt al-Baḥrīyah al-Miṣrīyah --- جيش المصري --- قوات البرية المصرية --- Army --- Military power --- Armed Forces

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Muḥammad ʻAlī Bāshā, --- ʻAlī Pasha, Muḥammad, --- Mehemet Ali, --- Méhémet Ali, --- Mehmed Ali, --- Mehmed Ali Paşa, --- Mehmed Ali Pasha, --- Mehmet Ali, --- Mehmet Ali Paşa, --- Mohammed Ali, --- Muhamed Ali Pasha, --- Muhammad Ali, --- Muhammad ʻAlī, --- Muḥammad ʻAlī, --- מחמד עלי, --- محمد علي --- محمد علي باشا --- محمد علي باشا، --- محمد علي، --- محمد على باشا، --- محمد على پاشا --- Egypt. --- مصر. --- History --- Military life --- History. --- Nationalism --- History of Africa --- Mohammed Ali --- anno 1800-1899 --- Egypt --- Egyptian Army --- Egyptian Ground Forces --- Jaysh al-Miṣrī --- Qūwwāt al-Baḥrīyah al-Miṣrīyah --- جيش المصري --- قوات البرية المصرية

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Khedive Ismail's Army examines military failure in the age of imperialism. On paper, the mid-nineteenth century Egyptian army seems a formidable regional power. It had a tradition of success, modern weapons, and mercenary officers with experience in major wars. Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, hoped to combine the imported technology and brains with native manpower, and establish an Egyptian dominated Horn of Africa. His soldiers did conquer parts of the Sudan, but they suffered disastrous defeats during the Egyptian Abyssinian War of 1875 to 1876.Presenting the first

Ismail, --- Ismail Pacha, --- Ismail Pasha, --- إسماعيل، --- اسماعيل، --- Egypt. --- مصر. --- History --- Egypt --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- History, Military --- Egyptian Army --- Egyptian Ground Forces --- Jaysh al-Miṣrī --- Qūwwāt al-Baḥrīyah al-Miṣrīyah --- جيش المصري --- قوات البرية المصرية