49: From One Era to Another

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Foreign Settlements. King Amenemhat IV came to power around 1798 BCE. His reign was unremarkable, but big things were happening around Egypt. In this episode, we explore the growing evidence for Canaanite peoples coming to Egypt and settling in large numbers. Date c.1798 BCE. Select references: Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010. Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, 2006. Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994. Florian Lippke, “The Southern Levant in context. A brief sketch of important figures considering the religious symbol system in the Bronze Ages,” in Egypt and the Near East – the Crossroads. Jana Mynárova, 2011. Ian Shaw, “Amethyst Mining in the Eastern Desert: A Preliminary Survey at Wadi el-Hudi,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 79 (1993): 81-97. Jacke Phillips, “Egyptian Amethyst in the Bronze Age Aegean,” Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 1.2 (2009): 9-25. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As a long time foreign correspondent, I've worked in lots of places, but nowhere is important
0:07.0	to the world as China.
0:09.2	I'm Jane Perlaz, former Beijing Bureau Chief for the New York Times.
0:13.0	Join me on my new podcast, Face Off, US versus China,
0:18.0	where I'll take you behind the scenes in the tumultuous US-China relationship.
0:23.0	Find face-off wherever you get your podcasts. And Welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast, episode 49, from one error to another.
0:56.8	In this episode, the end of the 12th dynasty comes ever nearer, and the royal household
1:02.4	teeters somewhere between stability and collapse.
1:06.1	Meanwhile, foreigners from the lands of Palestine continue to migrate into the kingdom.
1:11.5	We explore their culture, their origins and their habits.
1:15.0	This episode is brought to you by Stephen and thanks for his generous contribution to the podcast's running costs.
1:22.0	Thank you Stephen and to all our
1:24.8	listeners thank you from the bottom of my heart for your fantastic support. As this
1:29.8	episode goes to air we are about to hit 500,000 downloads, a far greater success than I could
1:36.4	have ever hoped. Thank you for listening and enjoy the show. So. The year is now 1799 bcee and nie ma'tray a manam heart the third is in the last months of his life.
2:03.9	He is old, he is ailing, but his power remains secure.
2:08.1	Thanks to the presence of a firm succession in the form of an adopted son, Ma'a-Heru Ray, a Menemhart the fourth.
2:15.0	I say adopt it because Ma'a-Heru Ray, whose name means Ray is justified,
2:21.0	was probably not born of the King's lineage.
2:25.1	His mother, Hetepty, is only known by one title,
2:29.0	The King's Mother.
2:30.6	She is never referred to as a royal wife, and there is no record of her before Ma'ah-Héruh shows up in the dynasty.
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