NEHC 20013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hedjet, Mudbrick, Thutmose I
6 Sep 2016
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Lecture 4: upper egypt and the 17th dynasty. Rulers who were confined in theban area. Variance between coffins for rulers: material, quality of engravings. Seqenenra ta"a: mummy found with wound to head (see ppt) Situation in the near east: political entities in the near east. Syria: smaller kingdoms, most important one called yamhad with capital in aleppo. Canaanite region: city of hazor, led by princes (see ppt) Anatolia: hittite state (founded around 1700 bc: arrival of hurrians. Spreading toward syria and canaan (c. 1725 bc) Hittites attack aleppo and destroy yamhad kingdom (c. 1595 bc) Hittites advance toward babylonia (c. 1595 bc: emergence of kassite empire (c. 1531 bc) The rise of babylonia: mitanni kingdom (c. 1560 bc) Good for farming, good defense, good for trade: very close to crossroads for trade routes, connects trade routes, familial link between 17th and 18th egyptian dynasties. See ppt for family tree: contemporary sources for campaign (see ppt)
