Sumerian soldiers would besiege cities using battering rams and sappers while the defenders used towers. Modern Historians know very little about the tactics of Sumerian armies because records glorify victories, but rarely talk about how the battle was fought. ![]() Most battles took place only a few days march from the city-states each army belonged to. The distance between Kish and Elam was 160 miles. The war that took place over the longest distance was a war between Kish and Elam. ![]() ![]() The cities of Umma and Lagash, who fought many wars against each other are only 25 miles apart. ![]() It is known that during the Early Dynastic Period there was an increasing amount of wars between rival Sumerian city-states.
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