The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . ^ HI. ).^ IMI. ; MF iiii, l,l!;^\\. liom a photograph by Beato. 474 THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN THE PRINCE OF THE KHATI. towDS ill the neighbourhood of Blemphis—Hermopolis aud Thinis *—inflictedpunishment upon them when they became too audacious. Their tribes,henceforward, as far as Egypt was concerned, formed a kind of reserve from which the Pharaoh could raise soldiers everyyear, and draw sufficient materials to bring hisarmy up to fighting strength when internalrevolt or an invasion from without calledfor mi
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . ^ HI. ).^ IMI. ; MF iiii, l,l!;^\\. liom a photograph by Beato. 474 THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN THE PRINCE OF THE KHATI. towDS ill the neighbourhood of Blemphis—Hermopolis aud Thinis *—inflictedpunishment upon them when they became too audacious. Their tribes,henceforward, as far as Egypt was concerned, formed a kind of reserve from which the Pharaoh could raise soldiers everyyear, and draw sufficient materials to bring hisarmy up to fighting strength when internalrevolt or an invasion from without calledfor military activity. The campaign of theXI year brought to anend the great military ex-peditions of Ramses he never tookthe lead in any more seriousmilitary enterprise thanthat of repressing the Bedawin of Seir for acts of brigandage,^ or theEthiopians^ for some similar reason. He confined liis attention to themaintenance of commercial and industrial relations with manufacturingcountries, and with the markets of Asia and Africa. He strengthenedthe garrisons of Sinai, and encouraged the working of the ancient minesiu that region.^ He sent a colony of quarry
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