The Asiatic Campaigns of the King Thutmose

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Tourist Guidance - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Suez Canal University

2 faculty of tourism and hotels, Suez Canal University

Abstract

The subjugation of the Nubian province is now thoroughly done, and Thutmose I was able to give his attention to a similar task at the other extremity of his kingdom in Asia. Evidently the conquest of Amenhotep I. which had enabled Thutmose to claim the Euphrates as his northern boundary, had not been sufficient to ensure to the Pharaoh's treasury the regular tribute which he was now enjoying from Nubia, but the conditions in Syria-Palestine were very favorable for the pharaoh’s part to extended his boundaries and power on the northern, The evidence for Thutmose I's Asiatic campaign is more extensive than for those of his predecessors, but the most detailed accounts come from the private reminiscences of his officers as following.