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The 43 pages that link to Amarna letters, each with the reason it gives.

• CuneiformBroader topic: The letters reveal cuneiform's role as an international language of diplomacy.

• New Kingdom of EgyptRelated: The letters show how New Kingdom rulers and officials managed alliances and vassal states.

• MesopotamiaRelated: They show Akkadian’s role as a diplomatic language linking Mesopotamia with neighboring courts.

• Akkadian languageRelated: These letters show Akkadian serving as an international written language beyond Mesopotamia.

• Hittite EmpireRelated: Letters mention Hittite expansion and expose the diplomacy surrounding its rise.

• PhoeniciaRelated: The letters document early relations between Levantine cities and Egypt, including Byblos.

• AkhenatenRelated: The letters illuminate the international setting of Akhenaten’s court, though most predate his reign.

• EgyptologyBroader topic: They reveal Egypt’s diplomacy and international relations during the Amarna period.

• Ancient Near EastBroader topic: The letters document negotiations among Egypt and neighboring great powers and vassals.

• Semitic languagesRelated: Their Akkadian records show a Semitic language used across international diplomacy.

• TutankhamunRelated: They illuminate the international political world inherited by Tutankhamun’s court.

• CanaanBroader topic: The letters document Canaanite rulers and Egyptian influence in the region.

• Late Bronze Age collapseRelated: They document the international system whose networks and political order later broke down.

• AtenismRelated: They illuminate the international pressures surrounding the royal court during Atenism’s era.

• Eighteenth Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The letters reveal how late-dynasty pharaohs managed alliances, gifts, and rivalries.

• AmarnaBroader topic: The tablets show that the new capital remained tied to international diplomacy.

• Thutmose IIICompared with: They offer a later view of Egyptian diplomacy than the campaign-centered inscriptions of Thutmose III.

• Amarna PeriodBroader topic: The letters reveal international relations during the period’s court-centered rule.

• Egyptian MuseumBroader topic: The collection includes tablets that document Egypt’s international diplomacy during the Amarna period.

• Sea PeoplesRelated: They document the interconnected diplomacy and vulnerability of the eastern Mediterranean before the crisis.

• Late Bronze AgeRelated: The letters show rulers negotiating alliances, gifts, marriages, and trade across long distances.

• Canaanite religionRelated: They reveal the political setting and local rulers among whom Canaanite traditions flourished.

• Ancient Egyptian administrationBroader topic: These letters show officials managing diplomacy across Egypt’s international sphere.

• Book of JoshuaRelated: These letters portray Canaanite city-states and regional politics unlike the book’s unified conquest narrative.

• NefertitiRelated: The letters illuminate the international politics of her court, though they rarely identify her directly.

• UgaritRelated: Ugarit’s rulers participated in the diplomatic world documented by these letters.

• AtenRelated: Their archive illuminates the international court and capital associated with Akhenaten’s reign.

• Amenhotep IIIRelated: Letters from his reign reveal Egypt’s dealings with rival kings and dependent states.

• ByblosRelated: Letters from Byblos’s ruler illustrate the city’s Bronze Age ties to Egypt.

• MitanniRelated: Letters between Mitanni and Egypt preserve the language and practice of great-power diplomacy.

• Egyptian EmpireBroader topic: The letters show Egypt negotiating with vassals and peer powers across its sphere.

• Egyptian–Hittite peace treatyCompared with: They show the broader letter-writing system through which Late Bronze Age rulers managed international relations.

• Šuppiluliuma IRelated: Their letters record the diplomatic world that included Šuppiluliuma and his Egyptian contemporaries.

• KassitesRelated: Letters between Babylonian and Egyptian courts document Kassite diplomacy.

• HurriansBroader topic: Letters between Mitanni and Egypt reveal Hurrian rulers and international diplomacy.

• Joshua (biblical figure)Related: These letters illuminate Canaan’s political landscape in a period sometimes compared with Joshua’s setting.

• TushrattaBroader topic: They preserve Tushratta’s letters to the Egyptian court.

• Ancient Semitic religionRelated: The letters document gods, rulers, and political ties across the Levant and Mesopotamia.

• History of ancient EgyptBroader topic: They document Egypt’s diplomacy and influence during the New Kingdom.

• History of JerusalemRelated: Their letters include appeals from Jerusalem’s ruler to Egypt’s pharaoh.

• History of the ancient LevantRelated: Their letters offer unusually direct evidence for Late Bronze Age rulers and city-states.

• PuduḫepaCompared with: They provide an earlier comparison for the international letter-writing in which Puduḫepa participated.

• Semitic studiesBroader topic: Their multilingual setting reveals how Akkadian served as a regional written language.