Ramesses II
... at Kadesh both to expand Egypt's frontiers into Syria and to emulate his father Seti I's triumphal entry into the city just a decade or so earlier. He also constructed his new capital, Pi-Ramesses where he built factories to manufacture weapons, chariots, and shields. Of course, they followed his wi ...
... at Kadesh both to expand Egypt's frontiers into Syria and to emulate his father Seti I's triumphal entry into the city just a decade or so earlier. He also constructed his new capital, Pi-Ramesses where he built factories to manufacture weapons, chariots, and shields. Of course, they followed his wi ...
Ramesses the Great
... treaty covers extradition, arbitration of disputes, and mutual economic aid, a clause which was later honoured by the Egyptians when their old enemies were afflicted with food shortage. The temple-building programme instigated by Ramesses may have been rushed, but it turned out to be the most extens ...
... treaty covers extradition, arbitration of disputes, and mutual economic aid, a clause which was later honoured by the Egyptians when their old enemies were afflicted with food shortage. The temple-building programme instigated by Ramesses may have been rushed, but it turned out to be the most extens ...
Minoans vs. Mycenaeans
... • Civilization came to an end around 1400 BC – All palaces destroyed and never rebuilt • Theory 1 – Invaded by Mycenaeans in 1400 BC • Destroyed Crete to eliminate Minoans as trade rivals • Theory 2 – Massive volcanic eruption on island of Thera showered Crete with debris, ash, and poison gas • Dest ...
... • Civilization came to an end around 1400 BC – All palaces destroyed and never rebuilt • Theory 1 – Invaded by Mycenaeans in 1400 BC • Destroyed Crete to eliminate Minoans as trade rivals • Theory 2 – Massive volcanic eruption on island of Thera showered Crete with debris, ash, and poison gas • Dest ...
II (1279 - 1213 B.C.)
... We really do not know for certain who became the Chief King's Wife after Nefertari, but it may well have been one of his daughters. The dynamics these incestuous relationships are largely unknown. In some situations, the father, in this case Ramesses II, married a daughter ...
... We really do not know for certain who became the Chief King's Wife after Nefertari, but it may well have been one of his daughters. The dynamics these incestuous relationships are largely unknown. In some situations, the father, in this case Ramesses II, married a daughter ...
The Nations
... A people living in an area corresponding to modern Lebannon The Philistines were a part of a larger group known as the Sea Peoples. After a confederation of Sea Peoples forces failed to take over the Egyptian Delta, Pharaoh Ramses III settled them in Egyptian garrisons, with the Philistines being lo ...
... A people living in an area corresponding to modern Lebannon The Philistines were a part of a larger group known as the Sea Peoples. After a confederation of Sea Peoples forces failed to take over the Egyptian Delta, Pharaoh Ramses III settled them in Egyptian garrisons, with the Philistines being lo ...
Sea Peoples
The Sea Peoples were conjectured groups of seafaring raiders, usually thought to originate from either western Anatolia or southern Europe, specifically a region of the Aegean Sea. They are conjectured to have sailed around the eastern Mediterranean and invaded Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, Cyprus, and Egypt toward the end of the Bronze Age.French Egyptologist Emmanuel de Rougé first used the term ""peuples de la mer"" (literally ""peoples of the sea"") in 1855 in a translation of reliefs at Medinet Habu documenting year 8 of Ramesses III. The term Sea Peoples, and the accompanying migration theory, were subsequently popularized by Gaston Maspero, de Rougé's successor at the Collège de France, in the late 19th century.The historical narrative is primarily drawn from seven Ancient Egyptian sources, and although in these inscriptions the designation ""of the sea"" appears in relation to only three groups of people (the Sherden, Shekelesh, and Eqwesh), the term ""Sea Peoples"" is commonly used to refer to the following nine peoples, in alphabetical order:the Denyen, identified by some with the Greek Danaoi and by others with the Israelite tribe of Dan;the Ekwesh, possibly a group of Bronze Age Greeks (Achaeans);the Lukka, an Anatolian people of the Aegean who may have given their name to the region of Lycia and the Lycian language;the Peleset, whose name is generally believed to refer to the Philistines;the Shekelesh, identified possibly with the Italic people called Siculi (from Sicily);the Sherden, possibly Sardinians or people of Sardis;the Teresh, i.e. the Tyrrhenians, possibly ancestors of the Etruscans;the Tjeker, also known as the Sikil and possibly Greek Teucrians;the Weshesh.Evidence for migrations of whole peoples are not found on any of the contemporary inscriptions, but versions of a ""migration hypothesis"" represent a widely held interpretation among scholars of the ancient Near East.