The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . dlagen fiir eine Entzifferung der Inschriften. pp. 7, S). As to the boundaries of these provinces, cf. wliat is said by W. M.\x Muller, Asien und Europa,pp. 200, 276. The organisation of the provinces is briefly described on pp. 271-277 of the presentwork. This war is represented at Karnak, and Eamses II. figures there among the children of Seti , Monuments, pi. ccxcvii. 2; Roseluni, Monumenli Storici, pi. liv.; cf Brcgsch,Itecueil de Monuments , vol. i. pi. xlvii. J). THE RESTORATION OF THE EGYPTIAN E
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . dlagen fiir eine Entzifferung der Inschriften. pp. 7, S). As to the boundaries of these provinces, cf. wliat is said by W. M.\x Muller, Asien und Europa,pp. 200, 276. The organisation of the provinces is briefly described on pp. 271-277 of the presentwork. This war is represented at Karnak, and Eamses II. figures there among the children of Seti , Monuments, pi. ccxcvii. 2; Roseluni, Monumenli Storici, pi. liv.; cf Brcgsch,Itecueil de Monuments , vol. i. pi. xlvii. J). THE RESTORATION OF THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE. 373 ?were incorporated into the royal guard. Seti, however, does not appear tohave had a confirmed taste for war. He showed energy when occasion requiredit, and he knew how to lead his soldiers, as the expedition of his first yearamply proved; but when the necessity was over, he remained on the defensive,and made no further attempt at conquest. By his own choice he was thejackal who prowls about the country to protect it, rather than the wizard. HEPUE6ENTATI0X OF SETI I. VANQUISHING THE LIBYANS AND ASIATICS ON THE WALLS, KABNAK. lion marauding abroad by hidden paths, ^ and Kgypt enjoyed a profoundpeace in consequence of his ceaseless vigilance. A peaceful policy of this kind did not, of course, produce the amount ofspoil and the endless relays of captives which had enabled his predecessors toraise temples and live in great luxury without overburdening their subjectswith taxes. Seti was, therefore, the more anxious to do all in his power todevelop the internal wealth of the country. The mining colonies of tbeSinaitic Peninsula had never ceased working since operations had been resumed Wu gather this, as E. de Kouge points out (Extrait ilim Memnire sur le» (ittnques dirigOis par lespcuples de la mer, |ip. 23, 24), from ijassagcs iu tlic insf-riptioiia from the year V. onwards, in wliichRamses II. boasts tliat lie has a number of Shardaua i)risr)ner9 iu liis guard; Rouge w
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