HIST 002A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thutmose Iii, Minoan Civilization, Mycenaean Greece
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First battle that we know of in history. Egyptian army faced a coalition of middle eastern states. Thutmose takes his enemies by surprise, enemies of egypt were defeated. The near east became part of the growing egyptian empire. The rulers were forced to pay tribute to the egyptians. Children were kept as hostages to ensure they would not rebel. Kids were not able to leave egypt. First time in history that two nations were under one government. Thutmosis iii led 17 campaigns, became first and last egyptian pharaoh to cross the. During his reign egyptians went south and temporarily took over kush/nubia. Thutmosis had conquered the biggest empire in the history of the world until that time. Egyptians would hold this empire for two centuries. Indo europeans languages begin to diverge they went to europe the middle east and india. Now its southern russia was indo european. Broke apart and went to different areas/ typically a pasturly tribe.
