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The Military Campaigns of Tuthmosis III

Empire of Egypt in the age of Tuthmosis III
This is a document showed at Karnak by a scriber named Thaneni and composed  of  the  records  made  during  Tuthmosis  III's activities beyond the borders of Egypt. The first drive was at Ar-Megiddo, the fort at Mount Carmel, set about in the 22nd to 23rd regnal year. The military pretend  was  inspired  by  a  revolt  started  by  the  king  of Kadesh. He and his allies expected on the road before of the mountains, and Tuthmosis III, despite the arguments of his advisers, took his army up and over Mount Carmel, single file for 40 miles. Coming out of the pass, Tuthmosis III camped north of Ar-Megiddo in the dark, using the banks of the Kina stream.  He  waited  there  until  his  smooth  force  was  prepared for battle. The enemy below saw the Egyptian drive and knew that their line of retire was prohibited. One by one they dropped their weapons and ran toward ArMegiddo for safety. The southern fender of Tuthmosis III's ground forces was on the hill at the brook, and the northern wing was northwest of the fortress. They run forward as the foeman  insecure  to  enter  Ar-Megiddo,  some  having  to rise up clotheslines to reach refuge.

Tuthmosis III'ss troops broke to gather up the abandoned  treasures  of  the  foe,  and  Kadesh  clear. The pharaoh  laid  siege  to  Ar-Megiddo.  He  put up  a  wall called  Menkheperre-is-the-Surrounder-of-the  Asiatics and then given a small force to maintain a siege. The Egyptians took Tyre in Phoenicia and other cities,  earlier  Tuthmosis  III  given  to  Thebes  to  observe the Feast of Opet. In his 24th regnal year, Tuthmosis made an elaborate march direct Palestine and Syria. There he was seen of the loyalty of the localized rulers. Tributes were sent by the Assyrians  and  other  conquered  domains.  The  following year Tuthmosis made a second inspection tour, harvest crops  and  gaining  botanical  specimens.  Other  similar campaigns was. In his 29th regnal year, Tuthmosis III led his forces to Tripolis in southern Phoenicia. Several cities in Syria and Lebanon were revolting against Egyptian rule. The Egyptians fed on fruits and grain harvesting from the local domains, and Phoenician vessels were taken. The troops of Tuthmosis  III  returned  to  Egypt  by  water.  They  took gold, lead, copper, jewels, slaves, wines, infuriate, and oils to the Nile.

The  coming  years  campaign  was  set about when Tuthmosis III sailed with his army to Simyra, near Kadesh.  The  king  of  Kadesh  was  still  at  liberty  and settled  in  rebellion,  raising  the  Phoenicians  and  others. Tuthmosis  III  gathered  up  the  princes  of  some  city-states  and  lands  to  condition  them  in  Thebes.  Once again  the  Egyptians  harvested  crops  and  brought  back treasures. In  his  31st  regnal  year,  Tuthmosis  III  returned  to Phoenicia, where he lay a revolt and took tribute  and  the  homage  of  the  Syrians.  He  likewise  garrisoned and carried forts and outposts. The harbor of Phoenicia helped as roots for inland raids and punitive violates. The  33rd  regnal  year  was  the  time  of  Tuthmosis IIIs greatest Asiatic campaign, his conquest of the arena of  the  Euphrates  River.  Tuthmosis  III  beat  Kadesh and  black  other  coastal  cities  before  moving into the  Euphrates  area.  He  brought  gravy holders  and  rafts  with his  troops  in  order  to  move  his  units  across  the  river. There he fought at Carchemish and inscribed the lands of the  Naharin,  friends  of  the  Syrians.  The  Mitannis represented  the  city  of  Carchemish.  At  the  Euphrates, Tuthmosis  erected  a  stela  beside  that  of  Tuthmosis I, his  grandfather.  Babylonian  ambassadors  went about him  at  this  time,  offering  tributes.  The  Hittites besides offered gifts.

On the way dead to the Phoenician coast, Tuthmosis III hunted elephants and was near killed by a loading bull. General Amenemhab saved the pharaoh by chopping at the elephants trunk and taking Tuthmosis III to a covering place in the rocks on the riverside. In  his  34th  regnal  year,  Tuthmosis  conducted  an inspection tour and taken tribute from Cyprus. In the next  year  he  passed  to  the  Phoenician  coast  to  defeat  arises  at  a  site  listed  as  Araina.  Prisoners,  horses, chariots,  armor,  gold,  silver,  jewelry,  goats,  and wood  were  brought  back  to  the  Nile.  He  conducted punitive  campaigns  besides  in  his  36th  and  37th  regnal years, and established to Phoenicia in the 38th regnal year. Cities  about  the  Litany  River  were  in  revolt,  and  penitentiary  raids  and  battles  gentle  them.  Cyprus  and  Syria sent  protections,  and  Tuthmosis  III  refilled  his  local garrisons. During  the  tracing  year  Tuthmosis  III  directed campaigns against the Bedouins on Egypts northeastern frontier.  He  resupplied  Phoenician  forts up  and  defeated a group named the Shasu. In his 40th and 41st regnal years, he  taken  tributes  from  Cyprus,  Kush  (the  Egyptian name  for  Nubia),  and  from  the  Syrians and Hittites.

His last campaign was conducted in his 42nd regnal year, when he was 70 years old. Tuthmosis III inscribed the field  yet  another  time  against  the  city  of  Kadesh. He demonstrated to the Orontes River, where that city and Tunip were well represented. Tunip leadership set out a mare to interrupt  the  Egyptian  cavalry,  but  General  Amenemhab pedunculate the animal and slit its abdomen, making it unattractive to the Egyptian entires and adding to the blood hunger of the horses in the battle. During these campaigns, Tuthmosis III captured 119 cities from northern Palestine and Judaea and seized 248 cities in north Syria as far to the eastside as Chaboras. These  campaigns  have  made  him  the  title  of  the Napoleon of Egypt.



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