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campaigns of victory being the story of the aftermath of Magido and how Men-Kaparar Tutmos the third organized the lands of

Kanan and Palestine and Israel under his rule now that rebellion had been crushed. Today's episode is the second or third

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Now then let's go back to Tutmows the third. Oh, So, In December of 1473, Tutmose the 3rd was back in Egypt.

The weather was cooling down for the year, but as winter set in, the pace of life began to pick up speed.

The floodwaters which had covered the fields since August were receding now, and the fertile soil was being revealed once again.

Planting season was beginning and the farmers were heading out into the fields to begin their work.

In the Nile Delta, that immense swathe of greenery at the northern end of Egypt,

many farmers were heading out into the fields that belonged, technically, to the Royal Government.

Since the days of the Old Kingdom, the Delta had been fertile ground for the Crown to

set up its estates, crop farms, orchards, vineyards, all the production facilities that go along with them.

The delta was a growing area, in more ways than one.

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