Amarna Diplomacy
Subtitle: The Beginnings of International Relations
Contributors: Raymond Cohen (Editor); Raymond Westbrook (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801861994
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; International relations; Political Science; History & Theory - General; Diplomacy; Political History; To 1500; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Ancient Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; International Relations - General; To 622; Egypt; Foreign relations; History; Middle East
First sentence: In 1887, a remarkable cache of documents was found at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, the ancient site of the palace of King Amenhotep IV (better known as Akhenaten) in Akhetaten, his abandoned capital.