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The King of Megiddo, with an equally strong fortress, joined the alliance. The importance of Megiddo was its geographical location along the southwestern edge of the Jezreel Valley just beyond the Mount Carmel ridge and the Mediterranean. From this location, Megiddo controlled the Via Maris, the main trade route between Egypt and Mesopotamia.
The Annals of Thutmose III: 234B–238: The Annals in Karnak: 2.2B: The Gebel Barkal Stela of Thutmose III: 238C, 240D-C: The Barkal Stela: 2.2C: The Armant Stela of Thutmose III: 234 A: The Armant Stela: 2.3: The Memphis and Karnak Stelae of Amenhotep II: 245–247: The Memphis and Karnak Stelae: Karnak: 2.4A [Sethos I] Karnak, Campaign from ...
c. 1469 BC—In the Battle of Megiddo, ... It is the first battle recorded in history. [1] c.1468 BC - Thutmose III encounters the Mitanni in his conquest. [2]
Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, [3] was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.Officially he ruled Egypt from 28 April 1479 BC until 11 March 1425 BC, commencing with his coronation at the age of two and concluding with his death, aged fifty-six; however, during the first 22 years of his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother ...
The proposed loan to the Museum of the Bible in Washington also underscores the deepening ties between Israel and evangelical Christians in the U.S, w. ... TEL MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) — An ancient ...
The Battle of Megiddo took place at the head of a pass through the Carmel Ridge, which overlooks the Valley of Jezreel from the south. General Edmund Allenby led the British in the battle, which was a turning point in the war against the Ottoman Empire.
King Josiah went to meet him; and Pharaoh Neco slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him. And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. There is a longer account recorded later in II Chronicles 35:20–25 (written c. 350–300 BC). [5]
In 1457 BCE, Egyptian forces under the command of Pharaoh Thutmose III defeated a rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states led by Kadesh's king at the Battle of Megiddo. In the Late Bronze Age there was a period of civilizational collapse in the Middle East, [23] Canaan fell into chaos, and Egyptian control ended.