NEHC 20013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wadi Hammamat, Cedrus Libani, Sinai Peninsula
6 Sep 2016
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Lecture 2: chronology and king list, resources in egypt, second intermediate period. Intermediate periods occurred when egypt divided into various power centers; political in nature. To understand new kingdom, must examine second intermediate period and prior. 18th 20th dynasties are focus of this class; strong rulers. Do not worry about dates, just names. Memphis was pretty stable throughout; the capital city in the new kingdom. Thebes pretty far south, near curve in nile. Amarna only lasted ~ 30 years: king who changed capital, religion, art. Pi-ramesses (qantir), north and delta became much more critical: eastern nile delta. Two main powers in the near east during new kingdom: hittites in anatolia and the kingdom of mitanni. Sources of historical events: pretty one-sided, not much from hittites, ancient texts written by egyptians, engravings. Smiting the enemies is a popular new kingdom image. The battle of kadesh: ramesses ii fights against the hittites, ca.
