Egypt.

For both defense and attacking. For defense use the spearman in a pentagon formation, place the archers in the middle along with the axemen and then use your archer chariots to get behind the enemy and harass them with arrows. If you have enough spearmen then place them doubled up on the formation and the enemy will not be able to penetrate with any calvary charge.

The chariot archers on yor flanks while attacking and the spearmen on the front line with the archers behind the spearmen raining arrows on the enemies head. The axemen working the the flanks of the front line of spearmen.