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Transportation & Weaponry

**(**Shutter, pg. 17-19) -Just like the neighboring Sumerians, the Elamites organized themselves into city-states; they began to go to war more often -Sometimes, they fought each other mostly over land & water -Soldiers fought mainly on foot -They used spears with metal blades, axes, clubs, bows and arrows, and daggers -Chariots used to transport the armor & weapon to battle & used during fighting -One solider drove the chariot, while another rode behind him and threw spears -Chariots were heavy & slow, probably used to break up the enemy soldiers, & while on foot soldiers followed close behind to fight -Armor was made from leather, sometimes with metal discs on it (also like the Sumerians) -Archers & Charioteers did not wear capes, as they needed free arms to fight -Archaeologists have found several copper helmets from the later Sumerian and Elamite periods (while they were in war)

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(// World Book Encyclopedia, " //Elamite/Persian Empire”. Pg.296-300)  -The foot soldiers at Ur (Sumerian city, which the Elamites conquered) wore leather helmets & leather capes with discs on it -Discs gave soldiers more protection from weapons, but were not as heavy as armor made entirely from metal -They also besieged cities, cutting the city off from the outside world & attacking it repeatedly -The army had engineers who built ladders, & perhaps towers, to get up the city walls -Some soldiers trained to tunnel through city walls



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