NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ptah, Taweret, Jan Assmann
18 May 2016
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15-16 ruled from auaris and tell el daba. Siege of sharuhen in western asia tell ajjul. Much attention to abydos last royal pyramid. New empire hittites (hattushili 1 and mursili 1) move into syria. Mittani one of the people that egypt either collaborates with or fights. Son with secondary wife isis thutmose 3. Also a tutor for hatshepsut daughter neferure. Hatshepsut transsexual end of rule to legitimize. Incent trees from excursions for the gods plants them in the front of her temple. New kingdom foreign policy: western asia original aim - to break hyksos" suzerainty later regain foothold in byblos. Thutmose 1 egyptian presence from 5th cataract at kurgus. Know about these battles because commemorated in the temple of karnak as something he did for his father amun. Typical egyptian narrative that the king asks with his army which he doesn"t. Army does not agree with thutmose"s battle plans but he goes ahead anyway.
