History 1113
The First Inter-State Competition in
the
Middle East, c. 1600-1200 B.C.E.
I. Background: The Participants, the Motives, and the
Stakes
A. Profiting from Invasion
1. New Kingdom Egypt
2. The Assyrians, the Babylonian Kingdom, and the Hittites
a. Babylonian Kingdom, c. 1700-1000 B.C.E.
b. Assyrians, c. 2000-1200 B.C.E.
c. Hittites, c. 1700-1200 B.C.E.
B. The Stakes
1. Control of trade routes and subject
peoples
2. Control of Key Resources: Gold, Copper, and Tin
3. Bronze Age metallurgy.
II. Military Reform: Example of New Kingdom Egypt
A. Army Reform
1. Small in Old & Middle Kingdoms
2. Large & professional in New Kingdom
Key Terms
Kamose (c. 1630-1552 B.C.E.)
Ahmose (1552-1527 B.C.E.)
Palestine/Syria
Ramesses II (r. 1290-1224 B.C.E.)
Battle at Kadesh (c. 1285 B.C.E.)
Hittites
Ashur
tin
textiles
Assyria(ans)
copper
silver
iron
Alahlakh (UH-luh-luhk)
Ugarit (OO-guh-reet)
Cyprus
Afghanistan
Britain
composite bow
battle-axe
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