New Kingdom Egyptians had utilised the nomadic Libyans as mercenary forces, but they slowly assimilated into the society of the northern areas of the empire and eventually took control. War with their neighbours resulted in an erosion of power until their dissolution into small, regional states by the mid-eighth century BC. The Ethiopians conquered Egypt around 730, led by their king, Piankhi.

The poor quality Egyptian spear and archer units hamper the army. There are large numbers of skirmisher foot, loose order unarmoured infantry, skirmisher cavalry and light chariots, but little else. It is easy to see why this power did not last long. Skirmish as much as possible and fight in as much delaying terrain as you can find. This is neither a beginner army…nor intermediate. Experts or those desiring a challenge might have fun with this list.

Enemies: First Temple Hebrew, Libyan, Kushite Egyptian.

More Chariot Armies For Ancient Warfare

Early Hebrew 1250-960 BC
Sea Peoples 1230-1165 BC
Philistine and Later Canaanite 1200-975 BC
Midianite Arabs and Nomadic Camel 1500-650 BC
Aramaean, Phoenician or Cypriot 1200-700 BC
Early Chinese: Shang, Chou, Chin 1700-200 BC
Post Mycenaean Greek 1150-700 BC
Later Babylonian 1500-750 BC
First Temple Hebrews: 960-581 BC
Libyan Egyptian 950-700 BC
Indian 900 BC-450 AD