I need nothing clarified. I see quite CLEARLY, thank you. When one receives army rations of bread and beer, when one lives in barracks- style housing, when one trains on the military's field, when one hauls stone under the eye and direction of a commander and put it on a naval boat for transport ... You. Are. In. The. Armed. Forces. War, or no war.
By the way, SELF-PROMOTION is frowned upon in the forum.
I wonder were you a slave,? or were you a in the arm forces and in which period? Eating just a piece of bread and beer, dosen't seems a healthy diet for any kingdom. I only can speak for my warriors. ON my time, I have make sure, that my arm forces were well fed, and Have enough food to so stain them in long battles.
A list of their diet as I remember:
Lentils, or other beans VERY IMPORTANT IN THE DAILY DIET
Rice, grains cook in different forms.
Corn, Potatoes
Tomatoes, green peppers, onions
Salaries, Carrots, a lots of greens, herbs,
Mint tea,
Chew mint for their breath
Goat meat, Lam, fish, chickens ( some historians said that we did not have chicken then, how wrong! We did, I only eat the eggs then, and still the same and now. When I return to EGYPT for the first time in 2002, I eat the eggs and for my most wonderful surprise, they taste the same as3,500 years ago. Oh the orange also, I was very move when I was eating them.
Goat cheese
Coconut, in sweets, or cook with the rice, or with the lam ( I suggest to try it, you will love it!)
Chat cakes ( my favorite) made with dates and raisens.
Cacao made in hot chocolate, with goat milk. Their was another hot chocolate made I believe with cashews, that was my favorite, I have not being able to find it.
All the fruits you can imagine, my land produced all kind of fruits, love Mangoes!
As you see, I shared good food with my arm forces...That is why I have the best of the best of all the Arm forces in the region as my father did. the GREAT AaKHEPERKA-RE ( THUTMOSES I) and after the battle with the HYKOS, I reward them well, and the families of the fallen soldiers. Some with land, and some with gold.
As I said, I only can speak of my MENS, and for my Kingdom. I hope you can read my book when comes out in E-BOOKS, "HATSHEPSUT THE WOMAN WHO WAS PHARAOH". in Amazon, I speak of how well I treated my arm forces and how much they love me too.
Their is A vast of inf. on my book of who I, and how I was with my people...and who's body is really lying in the Cairo MUSEAUM.
Thank you for listening, and I hope, I have clarified how my MENS in my arm forces were treated.
Reguards.
HATSHEPSUT
PHARAOH OF EGYPT.