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Notes on video lecture:
The Amarna Letters and Egypt's Presence in Canaan During the New Kingdom
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on August 19, 2014 (go to class or lectures)


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fertile, Labayu, Canaan, Armarna, troops, labor, depopulation, expansionist, 1550, coastal, battle, Turkey, complaining, insolence, hillbillies, heavy, intentions, harvest, Palestinian, 2nd, mayors, hill, lowlands, artistic, Jerusalem, element, Egypt, Jezreel, Amenhotep, Napoleon, collapsed, Aegyptica, military, justice
Egypt's imperial presence in the late millennium
this is the New Kingdom Period -1077
Thutmose III (1479 - 1425 BC)
has been called the of ancient Egypt
greatest leader in Egyptian history
no record tells of him losing a
erected many buildings
several obelisks (e.g. those now in Rome and London)
conducted tours as far north as Syria
made into one of his imperial possessions, a province in his vast empire
extended kingdom into modern , into the Hittites region
contemporary superpowers of the day Babylon, the Hittites, Syria send diplomatic gifts to Egypt
the region long known as Canaan was now securely in Egyptian hands
so Thutmose III initiated the Pax
a peace that resulted from Egyptian military conquest
the burden that Egypt placed on Canaan was extremely
Thutmose taxed the land in two ways:
1. produce
inhabitants should provide him with a portion of their
this empoverished their cities
2. lives
demanded bodies for his armies and forces
this led to a of Canaan especially where later Israel and Judah would emerge
second phase of New Kingdom Period
Amarna Period
pharoahs during this time
III (14th century BC)
unprecedented prosperity and splendor
Egypt reached the peak of its artistic and international power
Akhenaten
introduced monotheistic reforms in Egypt
Tutankkhamun
King Tut
this period is important in Egyptian history because of the discovery of the letters
these were letters sent by Canaanite minor rulers to the pharaohs in Egypt
many are quite poorly preserved, but what remained gives us much knowledge about this era
when pharaohs were not looking these mayors would indulge in calling themselves "king"
but from the Egyptian perspective they were simply of cities and areas in Canaan
many of the letters consist of to the pharaoh
begging for various kinds of support
what bothers them most of all were the tendencies of neighboring states
they "beg to see the pharaohs face"
to establish in their area
ask for military support
one letter is from Shechem
complained about attempting to expand into the Jezreel Valley to Meggido (town)
later Saul in the Bible attempts to do the same thing
this is an example of the same kind of actions being reported from the Armana letters and Biblical record
in other letters, mayors complain about Abdi-Hepa
Abdi-Hepa reigned in URU-salim or
attempted to expand into other territories
King Saul and King David were similar to Abdi-Hepa in their of expansion
why was it allowed for kings of city states to expand into territorial states, as this was vis-a-vis the Egyptian court
the reason is that Labayu and Abdi-Hepa inhabited the country, e.g. Judea and Samaria
today where the territories are
the pharaohs really didn't care about the hill country which was, in their mind, occupied by "dangerous "
Egyptians felt that it was best to leave that to its own devices
focuses on the territories
richer and more
better for communication with other superpowers to the north
better for transporting
however, if disputes in the hill country when unheeded, a power from the north could take advantage of it, move south, and get very close to
so Egypt was interested in the politics of the highlands, but not as a top priority
therefore some troops were sent from time to time
we see from the Armarna letters that rules continued to expand from highlands into the
especially into the fertile Valley, the bread basket of the southern Levant
what happened when the Egyptian empire and no longer able to keep these hill kingdoms at bay?
we then witness the development of territorial states:
Israel
Judah
Aram Damascus
Ammon
Moab
Edom
this is the political situation as we move into the first millennium, the time of Biblical record
People:
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Spelling Corrections:
millenium ⇒ millennium
empoverished ⇒ impoverished