180: Eager to Fight

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sety I (Part 2): The First Campaign of Victory. In1302 BCE, the pharaoh Men-Ma'at-Ra Sety I led a military expedition to the east. He attacked the Bedouin ("Shasu") in Sinai. Then, he turned his sights on Canaan. The new King was an active warlord, aggressive and eager to fight. Thanks to records at Karnak and elsewhere, we can trace his assault... Date: c. 1302 BCE (March - June). Music: Ancient Lyric and Luke Chaos. Sources: The war reliefs of Sety I, at Karnak, via the University of Chicago Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, Volume IV: The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (uchicago.edu). Kenneth Kitchen's Ramesside Inscriptions volume 1. Hieroglyph versions at Internet Archive, English translations at Abercromby Press. Peter Brand, Ramesses II: Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh, out now from Lockwood Press. Support The History of Egypt Podcast by shopping at RA EGYPTIAN, the clean skincare line inspired by ancient Egyptian ingredients! Visit www.ra-egyptian.com and use code EGYPT at checkout for 30% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Salam Alaikum, peace be upon you.
0:35.6	Welcome back to the history of Egypt podcast, episode 180, eager to fight.
0:43.0	Today we are leaving Egypt, Pharaoh is marshalling his troops and heading off to battle.
0:49.4	From Egypt to Canaan, we are following the troops and the chariots.
0:55.2	This episode comes to you as an offering from James Bolby, Kevin Johansson and Emery
1:00.2	Trask, who kindly made donations to the podcast.
1:04.3	Folks, you are most generous and I appreciate your support.
1:08.4	With your gifts we can pay the troops to guard our homes while Pharaoh is off on campaign.
1:14.2	We can keep the lights on and the granaries full so that everyone is comfortable as the
1:18.9	soldiers head out.
1:20.8	Thank you dearly for all your support.
1:24.2	To everyone listening, thank you for joining me.
1:27.5	Come, let us hitch up the horses, strap on our shields.
1:31.8	The armies are marching.
1:41.2	In 1300 and 2 BCE, Egypt had a new monarch.
1:46.2	His name was Suti or Seti, meaning belonging to Sif.
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