HTST 489 Lecture Notes - Ancient Warfare, Political Warfare, Chanakya
11 Feb 2014
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Mythology: frequently an attempt to explain human beings, how the world works involves trickster figures, often. Jack the giant slayer uses intelligence and deception to overwhelm them. Number of different sources of historical accounts: surviving records of government discourse negotiations, laws. Rare, usually, though there are thousands of examples from the ancient near east. Used to just be geographically based information, for the most part, kind of thing a tourist could get today. Overwhelming means of collecting information is through spies or on the field of battle. Next to no communications intelligence: ancient legends/histories between 1000 bce to 700 bce, start to find references to espionage. 1. i. e. account of the old testament (jewish testament) references to alledged activities of. Moses and the jewish people after they flee captivity historians are dubious as to its historical veracity. Oral accounts from events occurring between 1000 1200 bce turned into permanent oral form and written down around 800 bce.
