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The 43 pages that link to Amarna letters, each with the reason it gives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joshua (biblical figure)Related: These letters illuminate Canaan’s political landscape in a period sometimes compared with Joshua’s setting.
Ancient Semitic religionRelated: The letters document gods, rulers, and political ties across the Levant and Mesopotamia.
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.