Thotmes IV

…The trade area extended from the Aegean Islands to Arabia, and a huge amount of wealth, including tributes from vassal states and war booty, flowed into the king's treasury and was used for magnificent buildings such as the Karnak Temple. The ruling system was further consolidated by Thutmose IV's alliance with Mitanni and the entry of a Mitanni princess into his harem, and reached its zenith under Amenhotep III (reigned in the first half of the 14th century BC). The Amarna Letters, written in cuneiform, are a historical document of diplomatic relations between the Orient and Egypt at the time. …

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…交易圏はエーゲ諸島からアラビアに及び臣属国の貢租や戦利品を含めた膨大な富が王の宝庫に流入，カルナック神殿はじめ豪壮な建築にあてられた。トトメス4世Thotmes IVのミタンニとの同盟とミタンニ王女の後宮入りにより支配体制はいっそう固まり，アメンヘテプ3世(在位，前14世紀前半)の下で頂点に達する。当時のエジプトを軸とするオリエント世界の外交関係の史料が，楔形文字で記された〈アマルナ文書〉である。…

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