74: Thutmose III, War Stories

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Thutmose III (Part 8): The Final Campaigns. After 20+ years of near-annual campaigning, Thutmose III finally came to the end of his military career. We explore the last ten years of this process in one sweep: successes (and failures) abound... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibliography: Donald B. Redford, The Wars in Syria and Canaan of Thutmose III, 2003. Donald B. Redford, Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times, 1992. Ellen Fowles Morris, The Architecture of Imperialism, 2005. Richard A. Gabriel, Thutmose III: A Military Biography, 2009. Colleen Manassa, Imagining the Past: Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egypt, 2013. James K. Hoffmeier, “Aspects of Egyptian Foreign Policy in the 18th Dynasty in Western Asia and Nubia,” Penn State 2001. Norman de Garis Davies, “Foreigners in the Tomb of Amenemhab (No. 85),” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1934. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast.
0:17.0	Episode 74, war stories, our final episode on the campaigns and wars of King Tutmos
0:24.4	III.
0:25.7	It has been a long road to ruin for the peoples of Syria and Canaan.
0:30.1	Well, it all comes to a head today.
0:33.5	Today's episode is brought to you by Roma Shah, David Mace and Travis Raker.
0:38.3	Thank you guys.
0:39.3	This one is on you.
0:41.3	Today we are covering about 10 years of war and diplomacy in one broad sweep.
0:46.3	So there are going to be lots of geographical references.
0:50.3	To help you keep your footing, I've attached a map at Egyptian History Podcast.com.
0:56.0	There, I have highlighted the major regions and communities which appear in this episode.
1:01.0	It's rudimentary, but it'll give you the lay of the land.
1:04.0	Before we begin, let me set the tone with a small flashback.
1:18.6	In year 22 of his reign, back around the time of the Megedo battle, Tertmose commissioned and
1:24.6	directed a steeler at a place called Armant.
1:28.1	Arment, or Iunumontu, has appeared in our story before.
1:32.3	It appeared back in episode 64 as the hometown of a courtier named Senenmut.
1:38.9	Senenmut was one of Hatshepsut's most prominent authorities and officials.
1:43.3	So, by placing a steeler here,
1:46.3	Tuttmose was either honoring Senenmote or asserting his authority in a town that had supported
1:52.3	Hatshepsut during the first 22 years of the king's reign. Naturally, Tuttmose took this opportunity
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dominic Perry, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dominic Perry and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.