56b: Restoring Splendour

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A Kingdom Resurgent. Around 1540 BCE, the warriors of Thebes (Waset) were chasing their enemies. King Ahmose I and his soldiers pursued the Hyksos, straining to reach that ultimate victory, and re-unify The Two Lands. Date c. 1540 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Follow us on social media www.facebook.com/egyptpodcast and www.twitter.com/egyptianpodcast. Select Bibliography: Robert K. Ritner and Nadine Moeller. “The Ahmose ‘Tempest’ Stela, Thera and Comparative Chronology,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 2014. Read for Free at Academia.edu. W. Vivian Davies, “The Tomb of Ahmose Son-of-Ibana at Elkab, Documenting the Family and Other Observations,” Elkab and Beyond: Studies in Honour of Luc Limme, 2009. Read for Free at Academia.edu. Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010. Nicolas Grimal. A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994. Anthony J. Spalinger. War in Ancient Egypt, 2005. Reshafim.org – The Autobiography of Ahmose Ibana. Reshafim.org – The Autobiography of Ahmose Pen-Nekhbet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
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0:20.1	Christmas.
0:23.0	Better with Pepsi Max. the Hello and welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast episode 56, restoring splendour. In this episode we finish off the
0:56.6	hexos war and the attempts of King Ahmosa and Queen Ahotep to restore
1:01.8	their kingdom's former glory. Their work is subjected to a variety
1:06.1	of pressures including rebellion, economic degradation, and even environmental disaster.
1:12.7	Will they triumph?
1:13.9	We'll find out.
1:16.0	This episode is brought to you by Leanne Cohn.
1:19.0	Thank you, Leanne, for helping to support the podcast.
1:21.5	I hope you and all of my listeners enjoy the show. The year was now 1535 bc. E and after two centuries of division, Egypt was reunited once again.
1:47.1	The Hexos enemy had been defeated and their capital was taken.
1:51.3	The remnants were fleeing head long into the Sinai Peninsula. King Ahmosa and his
1:56.2	army were in hot pursuit. At home the kingdom was awakening to the fact that unity had been restored
2:03.6	and that the war was mostly over.
2:06.2	Further bloodshed would happen beyond the borders
2:09.1	in foreign countries far away from daily life. The Egyptians could rest. Well, not really, but it would have been nice, wouldn't it?
2:19.0	Two centuries of division ended and the war now moving into its epilogue phase should have been a good time to kick back and enjoy the fruits of victory.
2:28.0	Sadly no such luck.
2:30.0	Before King Ahmosa had even left the delta to pursue his enemies, upper Egypt had been
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