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Notes on video lecture:
The End of Egyptian Imperial Control
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on August 25, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
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Levant, Hittites, Thebes, Egypt, end, 1050BC, impera, corruption, Philistine, Anatolia, sovereignty, inwards, New, Persian, frenzied, Edom, Sea, defeated, Assyrian, Qadesh, Akhenaten, Judah, concern, grace
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300 years after the fall of the Egyptian        Kingdom
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the states of Israel and            to take shape
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also Aram Damascus, Ammon, Moab, and         
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at fall of New Kingdom (            )
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the reforms of                    had drawn Egypt out of international affairs
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Ramside Period (ending of the New Kingdom up to 1050BC)
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Egypt started to make its presence felt again in the             
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by this time, the Hittites in                  (modern Turkey) had extended their sphere of influence
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Ramesses II had to hold them in check
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he did this in the Battle of             
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established with the                  a balance of power
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Ramesses' son Merneptah
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had campaigned in Canaan
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Merneptah's claim on the Merneptah Stele was that "Israel is                 , Israel is no longer"
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despite this claim, Israel grew into a state that fought wars long after Merneptah
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scholars debate whether Merneptah actually campaigned in Canaan
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whatever the case may be, this claim about Israel shows Egypt's lack of                of the peoples living up in this area
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Egypt is starting to give up its interest in Canaan
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Egypt's strategy was "divide et             ", keep the tribes down and against each other so they can't unite
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the rule of Ramesses and Merneptah was the beginning of the        of Egyptian rule
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a catastrophic collapse of the contemporary world systems
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climate change
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internal unrest
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Assyrian, Hittite courts had problems at home
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the coup de            to this already unstable geopolitical structure: "The        Peoples"
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from the Aegean and Mediterranean worlds
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reflected in confused and                  images of Egyptian art from the period
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Ramesses III claims to have conquered various groups
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but it is suggested that he didn't conquer them but allowed them to reside near Egypt
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the forming of the five                      city-states on the Mediterranean coast
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de facto demise of an Egyptian province in Canaan
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the Bible describes many conflicts between these city-states and Israel
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1155 Ramesses III dies
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Egypt beset by
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droughts
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low Nile flood levels
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civil unrest
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increasing power of the priests at             
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incessant bickering in the court
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regionalization of cultures
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society has turned its attention               
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operated on a much more confined political sphere
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caused a power vacuum
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breathing room in which new peoples could emerge on the scene
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Israel, Judah, and their neighbors
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this is the case for three centuries, but then new empires emerge
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meant the end of Judah and Israel
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Egypt also wanted to use these states as a bulwark between them and the Assyrian and Babylonian armies
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                 Empire (9th-7th centuries)
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Babylonian Empire (6th century)
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               Empire (6th-4th century)
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all of these empires focused their goals on           
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this meant that the city-states in the Levant land bridge would have to forfeit their                       

People:

######################### (1303-1213 BC)
The "Great Ancestor" pharaoh who reasserted Egyptian control in the north over Canaan and in the south into Nubia
  • often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire
  • third pharaoh of the 19th dynasty
######################### (1217-1155 BC)
The last great New Kingdom king to wield any substantial authority over Egypt
  • 2nd Pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty
The Merneptah Stele: The Oldest Reference to Israel
Canaan as Outback between Mesopotamia and Egypt Civilization Centers
The Three Centers of Early Jewish History
The Amarna Letters and Egypt's Presence in Canaan During the New Kingdom
The End of Egyptian Imperial Control
Maps of Historical Biblical Regions
Interview with Bill Deaver
Israel, Judah, and the Campaign of Shishak
The Omride Dynasty
725 BC: The Fall of Israel to Assyria
The Kingdom of Judah and Sennacherib
The Fall of Judah
The History of Israel According to Genesis and Exodus
Archaeological Theories on the History of Israel
The Rise of the Iron Age Kingdoms
Bronze Age vs. Iron Age Material Culture
History of the Central Highland States
Judah After the Babylonian Conquest
Factors Leading to the Depopulation Of Israel
The Elephantine Papyri
Judahite Communities in Babylon
Ezra-Nehemiah and Haggai on Temple Rebuilding
The Biblical Project
From the Bible to the Sumerian King List
Genesis Chapter 26: Isaac, Abimelek and Rebekah
The Biblical Authors' Portrayal of Women and Heroism
The Bible's Treatment of Heroic Death
Portrayal of Death in the Bible