Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast, Episode 67, Armageddon.

In this episode, it's war, war between Egypt and the people of

Kanaan, as Tadmos must attack and defeat a rebellion against his imperial authority. Powerful interest

groups are forming against Egyptian domination of Knan and Lebanon, and the fragile Egyptian

empire may fall before it even gets off the ground.

This episode is brought to you by Dave Ewenchuk, Thomas Roel and Brenda Was.

Your support keeps the show running, folks.

Thank you very much. Today's episode takes place entirely over a one-month period from April to May 1473 BCE.

It was the Egyptian spring, about two to three months after the death of Hatshepsut.

When we pick up our story, Tatmos III is once again the sole ruler of Egypt.

He is about 25 years old, and he has been the theoretical ruler of the Nile Valley for

22 years.

But when his aunt-slash-stepmother died, and he took power on his own initiative, Tartmos

III was faced pretty quickly with a crisis, the result of which was the first battle that might

be called the Battle of Armageddon.

Armageddon comes from the ancient Har Megido.

Har Megido refers to a place, the Tel El Megito. This is a hilltop

town in northern Canaan or Israel. And according to the Bible, it is the location of the final

doomsday battle between good and evil. Hence, Har Megito or Armaged, has become a byword for cataclysmic conflict and

world-changing violence. The stories of the battles that took place at this location could and do

fill up entire books. But we're just focusing on one. Tudmo's the third's version of

Armageddon, a great conflict that changed his world.

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