. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. in Egypt. In the end, these years of subjection toa foreign race proved to be an excellent thing for the coun-try, for in I he wars which were fought with the Hyksos, thepeace-loving Egyptians developed a more martial archers developed into skilled and dangerous marks-men, and I hey learned from the Hyksos the use of horses inwar and in farm-ing. A Tier thistime, the pha- raohs are shownon the walls oftheir tombs asfighting fromchariots drawnby spiritedhorses. 26. The Con-quest of Syria.— The greatest service of th
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. in Egypt. In the end, these years of subjection toa foreign race proved to be an excellent thing for the coun-try, for in I he wars which were fought with the Hyksos, thepeace-loving Egyptians developed a more martial archers developed into skilled and dangerous marks-men, and I hey learned from the Hyksos the use of horses inwar and in farm-ing. A Tier thistime, the pha- raohs are shownon the walls oftheir tombs asfighting fromchariots drawnby spiritedhorses. 26. The Con-quest of Syria.— The greatest service of theHyksos, h o w -ever, was to bring the coun-tries of Egypt and Syria into closer relation. Before this time Egypt had been a kingdomconfined to the Nile valley. Now, as they drove back theHyksos, the Egyptians were compelled to march into Pales-tine and Syria. The tendency to travel and trade beyondthe bounds of Egypt which was already apparenl al thetime of the Middle Kingdom, was greatly increased. Byconquests along the Mediterranean Sea, the pharaohs of the. J- x Extent of thh Egyptian Empire, L500 b. c. 24 CIVILIZATION OF EGYPT AND WESTERN ISIA eighteenth dynasty extended their sway over Palestine andSyria, as far north as the Euphrates river, and these landswere made to pay tribute to Egypt. Thus the Egyptian Empire was formed, with foreign landsunder the pharaohs domination. These years of conqueststrengthened the power of the pharaohs at home, evenbeyond what it had been in the time of the Old common people had no voice at all in the government,and the nobles, too, were entirely subservient to the mon-archs will. Through the growth of the Empire, the civiliza-tion which Egypt had been so long developing was spreadinto western Asia, and foreign ideas were brought into theNile valley to broaden and enrich Egyptian lite. 27. Thothmes III. -The greatest of the conquerors wasThothmes III (about L500 to 1 lot) b. c.) He made seven-teen campaigns into Syria to pun
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