39: The Wealth of Asia (Amenemhat II and the Treasure of al Tod)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 November 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Amenemhat II (Part 2): Fabulous Wealth. From 1927 – 1910 BCE, Nub-Kau-Re Amenemhat II launches expeditions to lands outside Egypt. Trade missions to and from the Levant bring wealth and exotic goods into Egypt. Treasures even come from southern Turkey and the Aegean Sea, finding their way into the temples being built or renovated by the king. Nubkaure’s reign is remarkable for the archaeological finds of al-Tod that give testament to the foreign wealth entering the kingdom. This wealth goes to fund a number of building projects… Date c. 1920 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Wolfram Grajetzki – The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. 2006. Nicolas Grimal – A History of Egypt. 1994. Ezra S. Marcus – “Amenemhet II and the Sea: Maritime Aspects of the Mit Rahina (Memphis) Expedition.” Egypt and the Levant vol. 17 (2007) . Free Download (Academia.edu) K.R. Maxwell-Hyslop – “A Note on the Anatolian Connections of the Tod Treasure” Anatolian Studies vol. 45 (1995) – Read Free Online (JSTOR) Lawrence E. Stager – “Port Power in the Early and the Middle Bronze Age: The Organization of Maritime Trade and Hinterland Production.” Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands in Memory of Douglas L. Esse. 2001. Free Download (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) Metropolitan Museum News – the Colossal Statue of Amenemhat II. Reshafim.org – the biography of Thoth-Hotep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.0	Geographic restrictions and Ties and Ties and Sies apply 18 plus. Welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast, episode 39 39 the wealth of Asia in which nub cow re
0:37.0	Manumhart the second receives the submission and plunder of the Levant and
0:41.8	becomes indirectly connected both with the Aegean cultures and a theory that the great Sphinx of Giza bears his face rather than calf rays.
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1:02.0	donation and to all the others whose donations I will be
1:05.5	acknowledging in forthcoming episodes.
1:08.4	May you continue to enjoy the podcast and the story of the Middle Kingdom. Episode 38, which was Part 1 of Nubkowre's reign, finished in approximately 1907 B.C.
1:39.6	Just after the King appointed Kanum Hautep II as governor of Manate Kufu in Middle Egypt.
1:47.0	This episode begins slightly back in time in the year 1927, B.C.E.
1:53.2	This was the last year of the co-regency between Senusaret
1:56.5	the first and Nub-Courae, a time in which governance of the kingdom
2:01.0	was, more or less, in the hands of the younger king.
2:06.0	According to the Royal Annals introduced in episode 38,
2:10.0	in Regnell year 3, Nub Kowi decided to launch at least two expeditions from Memphis.
2:16.0	These ships left Egypt in the late inundation season,
2:20.0	when the waters of the Nile was still floating high in the delta, making navigation
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