Eric Cline

So what we have to realize is that the great kings are signing diplomatic treaties with each other and they're interacting at a very high level.

They're exchanging gifts.

Trade was beneath them, but they gave each other gifts.

And in particular, the other kings are always asking Egypt for gold.

The tablets are full.

It does.

Gold is like dust in your land.

Gold is like dirt in your land.

Just give me some.

And one king in particular says, if you give me nuggets of gold, I will give you my daughter.

And to his credit, Amenhotep III says, what kind of a man are you that would give away your daughter for some nuggets of gold?

Yeah, and he then says, but okay.

But okay?

Yes.

Yeah.

Exactly.

So what we have in both Amenhotep III and then Akhenaten's harems, we have a lot of foreign princesses where their father has sent them or their father before them had sent their sisters.

So we've got lots of wonderful names.

There's Kadashman Enlil of Babylon and then his successor, Bernaboryash II.

And they both send daughters over there.