Aata was the ruler of Kermeh, in Nubia Kermeh, an area of Nubia, contemporary Sudan, was in Egyptian learn from the Old Kingdom Period (2575-2134 B.C.E.), but during the Second Intermediate Period (1640-1532 B.C.E.), when the Hyksos subject much of Egypts Delta part, Aatas people bad an coalition with these Asiatic invaders. Aatas herald, Nedjeh, had shown his capital at Buhen,erst an Egyptian fortress on the Nile, exposing the richness of the Kermeh culture, which lasted from c. 1990 to 1550 B.C.E. This court was quite Egyptian in style, using alike architecture, cultic ceremonials, ranks, and government means.
When Aata came to the throne of Kermeh, he settled to test the mettle of Ahmose (1550-1525 B.C.E.), who had just bad the throne and was leading a campaign by land and by sea against Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos encroachers. Seeing the Egyptians directing their resourcefulnesses and vigors against Avaris, Aata settled to move northward, toward Elephantine Island at modern Aswan. Ahmose is seen to have left the siege at Avaris in the hands of others to react to the challenge of Aatas campaign. He may have delayed until the fall of Avaris before sailing southward, but Aata faced a serious armada of Egyptian ships, taken with older warriors from elite units. The particulars of this campaign are on the walls of the tomb of Ahmose, Son of Ebana, at Thebes. The text countries that Ahmose found Aata at a situation called Tent-aa, below contemporary Aswan. The Egyptian warriors mild Aatas forces, having him and hundreds more as captives. Aata was tied to the bow of Ahmoses vessel for the take journey to Thebes, where he was credibly executed publically. The Egyptians taken Aatas men as knuckles down. Ahmose, son of Ebana, taken two captives and standard five more slaves besides.
More about Aata: Robert Morkot, The A to Z of Ancient Egyptian Warfare, Scarecrow Press, 2010, p.1.
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When Aata came to the throne of Kermeh, he settled to test the mettle of Ahmose (1550-1525 B.C.E.), who had just bad the throne and was leading a campaign by land and by sea against Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos encroachers. Seeing the Egyptians directing their resourcefulnesses and vigors against Avaris, Aata settled to move northward, toward Elephantine Island at modern Aswan. Ahmose is seen to have left the siege at Avaris in the hands of others to react to the challenge of Aatas campaign. He may have delayed until the fall of Avaris before sailing southward, but Aata faced a serious armada of Egyptian ships, taken with older warriors from elite units. The particulars of this campaign are on the walls of the tomb of Ahmose, Son of Ebana, at Thebes. The text countries that Ahmose found Aata at a situation called Tent-aa, below contemporary Aswan. The Egyptian warriors mild Aatas forces, having him and hundreds more as captives. Aata was tied to the bow of Ahmoses vessel for the take journey to Thebes, where he was credibly executed publically. The Egyptians taken Aatas men as knuckles down. Ahmose, son of Ebana, taken two captives and standard five more slaves besides.
More about Aata: Robert Morkot, The A to Z of Ancient Egyptian Warfare, Scarecrow Press, 2010, p.1.
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