{"id":65452,"date":"2021-05-04T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65452"},"modified":"2021-05-03T18:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:55:29","slug":"what-was-the-first-professional-army-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/05\/04\/what-was-the-first-professional-army-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the first professional army in History?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCzReeVWVfo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Epimetheus<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 3 Aug 2019<\/p>\n<p>The First Professional Army in History, The Ancient Assyrian Army<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<em>The Ancient Assyrians<\/em> by Mark Healy<br \/>\n<em>Warfare in the Ancient World<\/em> by John Hackett<br \/>\n<em>A History of the Ancient Near East<\/em> by Marc Van Der Mieroop<\/p>\n<p>Video on History of the Assyrian Empire From the Old Empire to the Neo-Assyrian Empire<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aT57dnlo-Tw\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/aT57dnlo-Tw\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video is sponsored by my Patrons over on Patreon<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Epimetheus1776\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Epimetheus1776<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-04-What-was-the-first-professional-army-in-History-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-04-What-was-the-first-professional-army-in-History--480x270.png\" 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John Hackett A History of the Ancient Near East by Marc Van Der Mieroop Video on History of the Assyrian Empire From the Old Empire to the 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