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A look at the fabulous exchange of wealth between Egypt and Babylonia that occurred during a diplomatic marriage in the Late Bronze Age.

In a lengthy appeal, the King of Mittanni calls upon the binding love and friendship between himself and the Pharaoh to fuel Egyptian willingness to send him gold.

At the height of the Amarna Age, during the final decade of Amehotep III's reign in Egypt, (ca.1390-1353 B.C.E.), a Babylonian king was looking for his sister in Egypt.

During the14th Century B.C.E., as Mittani and Egypt joined in a diplomatic marriage, a vast amount of wealth, including a goddess of healing, was sent to the Pharaoh.

Throughout the Bronze Age, the Hurrian people thrived across Northern Mesopotamia, then disappeared from history for nearly 3,000 years.

How this collection of clay tablets containing the diplomatic records of the last Pharaoh's of Egypt's 18th Dynasty came to shape histories image of Bronze Age politics.

The Amarna tablets are a unique collection of writings from the Egyptian New Kingdom, scribed in the 14th century BCE and re-discovered by Egyptian peasants in 1887.

During the reign of Amenhotep III, (ca 1390-1352 B.C.E.), at the height of Egypt's imperial power, negotiations were underway for a royal bride to be sent from Babylon.

In the middle of the 14th century B.C.E., the King of Assyria, Ashur-uballit, (ca.1363-1328 B.C.E.), advanced his kingdom to become a Great power in the Near East.

Today the Gaza Strip is an isolated, overcrowded enclave bordered by Egypt to the south, Mediterranean Sea to the west and a hostile Israel to the north and east.

The Amarna Letters show a Kassite King of Babylonia negotiating a diplomatic marriage with Egypt, as the Pharaoh, Akhenaten, seems to neglect his Mesopotamian ally.

The belief that the Hittites were an obscure tribe has evolved into an understanding that these chariot warriors were actually the chief rivals of Egypt's 18th Dynasty.

By the end of the 15th Century B.C.E. a vibrant international community had developed across the Near East with a trade network linking Africa to Europe and Central Asia.

Although the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten had requested a Mittani princess to marry, Tushratta complains that he seems unwilling or unable to send adequate gifts of gold

During the Late Bronze Age Egypt's 18th Dynasty was at the apex of its wealth and power, but it was soon to see its authority over its vassal territories challenged.

The ancient city of Megiddo, now a World Heritage Site, is one of the most remarkable tells (hills) in the Levant and scene of the first ever recorded battle in history.

West Bank Bethlehem sits almost 2,500 feet above sea level only five miles from Jerusalem. It is for Christians, Jews and Muslims a special place.

During the Bronze Age, the Syrian City of Qadesh, also known as Kadesh or Qidsu, became a focal point of Imperial conquest.

During the middle of the 14th century B.C.E., the Mittani Kingdom is on the verge of disaster and reaches out to its old ally, Egypt, for assistance.

The accounts of these merchants provide a written record of Bronze Age commerce as well as insight into the development of society in Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia.

Ancient documents reveal how a young Hittite king tried to save his kingdom from the divine wrath invoked by his own father.