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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826884903321

Autore

Redford Donald B

Titolo

The wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III / / by Donald B. Redford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46731-2

9786610467310

1-4237-1189-0

90-474-0205-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, , 1566-2055 ; ; v. 16

Disciplina

932/.014

Soggetti

Egypt History Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C

Egypt History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Columns of Egyptian hieroglyphics on two folded leaves in pocket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Plates; Forword; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE: THE DAY-BOOK EXCERPTS; PART TWO: OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS; PART THREE: HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; Epilogue; Index; Figures; Plates; Maps

Sommario/riassunto

In order to subject the Asiatic campaigning of the 15th-century BC Egyptian Pharaoh to new investigation, Redford (classics and ancient Mediterranean studies, Pennsylvania State U.) has assembled, collated, and translated sources and commented on the texts and contents. The wars are the best documented in Egypt's history because Thutmose recorded h