Eric Cline

What?

Yeah, they're in control of the mines in Nubia and Sudan.

But also there's gold in the eastern desert, and they're in control of that too.

So this is in part why Egypt is a major player in the late Bronze Age.

Each of the countries had their own specialties.

The copper came from Cyprus, for example.

The tin from Central Asia, Afghanistan.

Egypt provided the gold.

And lapis lazuli from Badakhshan.

Yes, exactly.

But so Egypt was a major player because of the gold.

yeah but um you know to be fair they've had a choice between being rich and copper and rich and gold i know which i would go for i just either way you're rich does it really matter but poor rebar but you know he's not the only one being attacked

We also know that the king of Jerusalem, Abdi-Heba, he claims that he was like a ship in the midst of a sea, surrounded by enemies.

Biridia at Megiddo says that he is surrounded by enemies.

I mean, all of these vassal kings, they're...

I say at one point, they're like kids in a schoolyard, in a daycare.

They're all fighting and they're running to daddy, the Pharaoh.

So-and-so hit me.

So-and-so kicked me.

I mean, they're squabbling.