{"title":"First Empires","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Empires is our range of 28mm hard plastic sets covering a wide swath of time starting with the first civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean through to the conquests of Alexander.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wargames-atlantic-first-empires-persian-infantry","title":"Wargames Atlantic First Empires Persian Infantry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE IMMORTALS GO FORTH...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mighty armies forged by Cyrus the Great, Darius, and Xerxes dominated the Eastern Mediterranean for centuries until finally falling to Alexander. Led by the elite Immortals, Persian armies were built from the many kingdoms and tribes conquered first by the Achaemenids including the Median, Lydian, and the Babylonian empires.  This box set can be used to create the infantry of Persia. They are in Median dress with heads suitable for several satrapies and allied tribes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis box set will give you enough parts to outfit 40 28mm infantry with weapons including bows, spears, kopis, and sagaris along with command options.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModels require assembly and painting. 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Archers, able to strike from afar, and spearmen to\u003cbr\u003edefend them. This equipment and organization would serve them well in\u003cbr\u003ecampaigns farther from Egypt’s heartland, such as the Second Syrian Campaign\u003cbr\u003eof Ramesses II which culminated in the historic Battle of Kadesh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis hard plastic box set allows you to create twenty-four (24) New Kingdom\u003cbr\u003eEgyptian infantry, divided as 12 archers and 12 spearmen\/swordsmen and\u003cbr\u003eincluding options for musicians, standard bearers, and command.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModels require assembly and painting. 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