NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sharuhen, Manetho, Amenhotep Ii
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Things did not go so well for second un rae at the end of 13th dynasty so we must look the next king. Manetho throws us off: same family in late 17th dynasty to 18th dynasty. King ahmose was the first king of 18th dynasty/ new kingdom: egyptians didn"t refer to them as old/middle/new kingdoms but they were. A new world order in the ancient near east aware of these periods: kingdom of mitanni in north, modern syria. What egyptians were at odds with throughout the 18th dynasty: hittite: modern day turkey. Main enemy in 19th dynasty: growing power of babylon and nineveh and southern and northern day iraq. Hittite empire, mitanni, nineveh, babylon: who egyptian have to deal with if they wan to build an empire in west. Very helpful asia: annals of tutmose ii, daily jounals written in the field by scribes.