AHIS150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Headquarters Of The United Nations, Egyptian Temple, Migdol
28 Aug 2018
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* though egypt, the hittites, and the mitannians will battle militarily, this does not hinder the flow of trade. Connections between mesopotamia, cyprus, the levant, and egypt abound in the lba. * increased number of city-kingdoms in the levant. * lb1 1550-1400bc; early eighteenth dynasty, expansion of the egyptian empire. * lb 2a 1400-1300bc; armana period (late eighteenth dynasty), a religious and artistic renaissance. * lb 2b 1300-1200/1185 bc; ninneteenth dynasty, the pinnacle of the new kingdom. * imperial powers hatti (hittites), egypt, mitanni (hurrians), * this segment covers the 18th egyptian dynasty, its initial expansion into the land between, and the struggles that ensue. * begins with expulsion of hyksos; numerous destructions. * more than 30 sites identified as destroyed (fortified settlements destroyed) * textual sources; alalakh archive (ca 1500-1450 bc) * still there in lb1 (thru 1470 bc) * balkanization of mb states and loss of centralised rule. * from the courts of amenhotep 3 and akenaten.
