HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Written Chinese, Diocletian, Pauline Christianity
23 Aug 2016
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Amarna letters: written by amenhotep and akhnaten, to the different kingdoms. 350 survive: the language these were written in was akkadian. He was asking for assistance from egypt because of threats of others taking his throne: hapiru: fugitives/outcasts from their different clans/tribes/kingdoms. Azriu: declared himself as the leader of sumer. No intentions of staying in egypt although he was negotiating with hatti to take over egypt. Gift exhange was the center of the national diplomatic reign. Unique category; special status and privileges pharaohs often preferred to marry women of royal blood lines. Pepy ii: his mother acted as regent when he was a boy. 2 years, in her own right, it seems little is known arranged to kill her brother so she can come to throne. The best known female monarch and ruled for several decades in her own right. Regent and step mother to thutmose iii, her successor. Had full legal standing in egypt (equal to men)
