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Why Did Thutmose III Risk the Aruna Pass to Reach Megiddo? - The Battle of Megiddo and the Egyptian Scribes Who Preserved It | Sleepy Facts About History
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The Battle of Megiddo, fought in the mid-fifteenth century BCE, is widely remembered as the first recorded battle in human history. But that familiar claim hides a more complicated and interesting reality. The battle became historically visible not because it was the first time armies clashed, but because Egyptian scribes developed a documentary practice capable of turning a chaotic military campaign into a permanent stone narrative.
This episode examines the campaign of Pharaoh Thutmose…
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