{"product_id":"2940015716832","title":"HISTORY OF EGYPT CHALDEA, SYRIA, BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA Volume 5 of 12","description":"THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY--(continued)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_THÛTMOSIS III.: THE ORGANISATION OF THE SYRIAN PROVINCES--AMENÔTHES\u003cbr\u003eIII.: THE WORSHIPPERS OF ATONÛ._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Thutmosis III.: the talcing of Qodshâ in the 42nd year of his\u003cbr\u003ereign--The tribute of the south--The triumph-song of Amon._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The constitution of the Egyptian empire--The Grown vassals and\u003cbr\u003etheir relations with the Pharaoh--The king's messengers--The allied\u003cbr\u003estates--Royal presents and marriages; the status of foreigners in the\u003cbr\u003eroyal harem--Commerce with Asia, its resources and its risks; protection\u003cbr\u003egranted to the national industries, and treaties of extradition._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Amenôthes II, his campaigns in Syria and Nubia--Thûtmosis IV.; his\u003cbr\u003edream under the shadow of the Sphinx and his marriage--Amenôthes III.\u003cbr\u003eand his peaceful reign--The great building works--The temples of\u003cbr\u003eNubia: Soleb and his sanctuary built by Amenôthes III, Gebel Barkal,\u003cbr\u003eElephantine--The beautifying of Thebes: the temple of Mat, the temples\u003cbr\u003eof Amon at Luxor and at Karnak, the tomb of Amenôthes III, the chapel\u003cbr\u003eand the colossi of Memnon._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The increasing importance of Anion and his priests: preference shown\u003cbr\u003eby Amenôthes III. for the Heliopolitan gods, his marriage with Tii--The\u003cbr\u003einfluence of Tii over Amenôthes IV.: the decadence of Amon and of\u003cbr\u003eThebes, Atonû and Khûîtniatonû--Change of physiognomy in Khûniaton, his\u003cbr\u003echaracter, his government, his relations with Asia: the tombs of Tel\u003cbr\u003eel-Amarna and the art of the period--Tutanlchamon, At: the return of the\u003cbr\u003ePharaohs to Thebes and the close of the XVIIIth dynasty._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I--THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY--(continued)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Thutmosis III.: the organisation of the Syrian provinces--Amenothes\u003cbr\u003eIII.: the royal worshippers of Atonû._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the year XXXIV. the Egyptians reappeared in Zahi. The people of\u003cbr\u003eAnaugasa having revolted, two of their towns were taken, a third\u003cbr\u003esurrendered, while the chiefs of the Lotanû hastened to meet their lord\u003cbr\u003ewith their usual tribute. Advantage was taken of the encampment being at\u003cbr\u003ethe foot of the Lebanon to procure wood for building purposes, such as\u003cbr\u003ebeams and planks, masts and yards for vessels, which were all shipped by\u003cbr\u003ethe Kefâtiu at Byblos for exportation to the Delta. This expedition was,\u003cbr\u003eindeed, little more than a military march through the country. It would\u003cbr\u003eappear that the Syrians soon accustomed themselves to the presence of\u003cbr\u003ethe Egyptians in their midst, and their obedience henceforward could be\u003cbr\u003efairly relied on. We are unable to ascertain what were the circumstances\u003cbr\u003eor the intrigues which, in the year XXXV., led to a sudden outbreak\u003cbr\u003eamong the tribes settled on the Euphrates and the Orontes. The King\u003cbr\u003eof Mitanni rallied round him the princes of Naharaim, and awaited the\u003cbr\u003eattack of the Egyptians near Aruna. Thûtmosis displayed great personal\u003cbr\u003ecourage, and the victory was at once decisive. We find mention of only\u003cbr\u003eten prisoners, one hundred and eighty mares, and sixty chariots in the\u003cbr\u003elists of the spoil. Anaugasa again revolted, and was subdued afresh\u003cbr\u003ein the year XXXVIII.; the Shaûsû rebelled in the year XXXIX., and the\u003cbr\u003eLotanû or some of the tribes connected with them two years later. The\u003cbr\u003ecampaign of the year XLII. proved more serious. Troubles had arisen in\u003cbr\u003ethe neighbourhood of Arvad. Thûtmosis, instead of following the usual\u003cbr\u003ecaravan route, marched along the coast-road by way of Phoenicia. He\u003cbr\u003edestroyed Arka in the Lebanon and the surrounding strongholds, which\u003cbr\u003ewere the haunts of robbers who lurked in the mountains; then turning to\u003cbr\u003ethe northeast, he took Tunipa and extorted the usual tribute from\u003cbr\u003ethe inhabitants of Naharaim. On the other hand, the Prince of Qodshû,\u003cbr\u003etrusting to the strength of his walled city, refused to do homage to the\u003cbr\u003ePharaoh, and a deadly struggle took place under the ramparts, in which\u003cbr\u003eeach side availed themselves of all the artifices which the strategic\u003cbr\u003ewarfare of the times allowed. On a day when the assailants and besieged\u003cbr\u003ewere about to come to close quarters, the Amorites let loose a mare\u003cbr\u003eamong the chariotry of Thûtmosis. The Egyptian horses threatened to\u003cbr\u003ebecome unmanageable, and had begun to break through the ranks, when\u003cbr\u003eAmenemhabî, an officer of the guard, leaped to the ground, and, running\u003cbr\u003eup to the creature, disembowelled it with a thrust of his sword; this\u003cbr\u003edone, he cut off its tail and presented it to the king.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074218246384,"sku":"2940015716832","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015716832","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}