233: Friendship in Dark Times (The Bronze Age Collapse Begins?)
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233: Friendship in Dark Times (The Bronze Age Collapse Begins?)

B2Upper-intermediateMay 18, 202634 min

Ramesses and Hattusili (Part 2). After the marriage to a Hittite princess in Year 34, Ramesses II had much to offer his northern family. A visit from the King of Hatti's son, seeking food supplies, may relate to repeated hunger crises in Syria and Hatti. Pharaoh's support brought the two kingdoms closer together, although we must wonder if the Bronze Age Collapse has now begun... Finally a text known as the Bentresh Stela offers a fairytale memory of Ramesses' relations with Hatti. Music: Keith Zizza. Music: Luke Chaos. == Select References - Hattusili and...

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In 1253 BCE, Reginald year 40, the king of southern and northern Egypt, Ramesses II, had reached his early 60s. He was still healthy, still vigorous, still an active ruler. Pharaoh could now look back on four decades of rule with many landmarks to celebrate.

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