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EGYPT-PHOENICIAN RELATIONS 🇪🇬🇱🇧 Egypt-Lebanon relations was believed to have started out during the early 16th century BC, when Egypt invaded the Levant, under the New Kingdom, kicking out the Hyksos as the rulers of the area. Egypt was especially interested in Phoenicia, as Thutmose the Third wanted to use the coastal cities like Byblos, Arwad, and Ullsa as commercial links. The cities of the former Phoenician empire provided Egypt with many resources and goods such as cedar wood, a high quality wood that wasn’t found in any region of North Africa. After realizing how efficient and sturdy cedar wood is, Thutmose the Third heavily stocked Phoenician harbors with their timber to be sent back to the Egyptian mainland to be used for warships. Egypt’s relations with Phoenicia soon began to grow, as Egyptian administrative favored the Phoenicians more compared to their other Asian territories. Cities like Tyre, Sidon, and Beirut were regarded as most important. Despite being under Egyptian authority, the Phoenicians didn’t feel like they were being brutally occupied by the Egyptians. The Phoenician cities were well-developed and thriving. They had their own dynasties, political parties, and even merchant fleets. Byblos soon became the best leading city outside of Egypt. It became a center for bronze work, and many other resources such as tin and lapis lazuli, the color the Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans used to paint their artifacts and walls. Thanks to Egypt’s influence on the area, these goods spread as far as Afghanistan. But this was only the beginning, as during Egypt’s 18th dynasty, being under the rule of Amenhotep the Third, brought further prosperity to Phoenicia. Egypt’s shipbuilding industry and rapid construction of temples was thanks to the vast goods of Phoenician resources, and was a driving force in the Egyptian economy. Soon, cedar wood became a luxury for upper class Egyptians, being the choice of most coffins for Egyptian priests and other wealthy Egyptians. Every city in both Egypt and Phoenicia became incredibly wealthy and had a diverse economy. #phoencia #lebanon #cedarwood #ancienttrade #thutmoseiii #newkingdomegypt #amenhotepiii