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A 6 page research paper that draws on the Amarna Letters, which are original documents from the ancient Egyptian 18th dynasty, to discus the nature of foreign relations during the reigns of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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and are letters between the Egyptian court of the Eighteenth Dynasty and other state rulers, the Great Kings, who were also prominent in the ancient Near East (Cohen and Westbrook
1). These documents reveal a great deal about the relationships that Egypt had with neighboring regions, as well as also offering information about the leadership qualities of the pharaohs of
this era. From the information offered in the Amarna Letters, as well as from other scholarship, it is evident that Egyptian diplomacy was effective and foreign relations were good during
the reign of Amenhotep III, but declined under the regime of his son Akhenaten. In 1906, J.A. Knudtzon numbered them according what was believed to be their chronological order
and this number system is represented by the prefix EA (Cohen and Westbrook 1). In 1992, W.L. Moran of Harvard published the letter in English, "drawing on almost a century
of scholarship," which made the letters available to the general reader (Cohen and Westbrook 1). The Amarna Letters were written during the reigns of Amenhotep III and his son
Akhenaten, who is referred to as Naphurureya in the Letters (Cohen and Westbrook 6). The latest letters were written during the reign of Ay and they span the period from
c. 1386-1321 BCE (Lorenz). Akhenaten is renowned for the religious revolution he initiated during this reign, which attempted to convert Egyptian religion from polytheism to a monotheistic
religion that honored only the sun god, Aten (Cohen and Westbrook 6). His ascension is recorded in the Letters and it is also indicated that Akhenatens action had an "unsettling
effect on Egypts neighbors" (Cohen and Westbrook 6). The letters can be divided into three categories: which are "fellow Great Powers, independent states and Egypts vassals in Canaan" (Cohen and
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