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Thutmose III was known as a great builder who used employed large numbers of slaves in his building projects; this number included large numbers of Semites, who were hated by Thutmose as a result of the Hyksos period.  The powerful 18th Dynasty was founded by Amenhotep I (1546-1525 B.C.), who came to power after a campaign to drive the Hyksos from Egypt had succeeded about 1570 B.C.  Remaining Semites who stayed behind were treated brutally by the next several kings (Thutmose I and Thutmose II), culminating in Thutmoses III, who ''"...made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field..."'' (''Exodus'' 1:14).  Archaeologist and historian W.F. Albright confirmed that the Hyksos invasion of Egypt was led by a Semetic people, not Hurrians or Indo-Aryans as some scholars contend; this fact help fuel the hatred that many Egyptians felt for the Hebrew slaves remaining in Goshen. (Albright, pg. 44)

Thutmose III was known as a great builder who used employed large numbers of slaves in his building projects; this number included large numbers of Semites, who were hated by Thutmose as a result of the Hyksos period.  The powerful 18th Dynasty was founded by Amenhotep I (1546-1525 B.C.), who came to power after a campaign to drive the Hyksos from Egypt had succeeded about 1570 B.C.  Remaining Semites who stayed behind were treated brutally by the next several kings (Thutmose I and Thutmose II), culminating in Thutmoses III, who ''"...made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field..."'' (''Exodus'' 1:14).  Archaeologist and historian W.F. Albright confirmed that the Hyksos invasion of Egypt was led by a Semetic people, not Hurrians or Indo-Aryans as some scholars contend; this fact help fuel the hatred that many Egyptians felt for the Hebrew slaves remaining in Goshen. (Albright, pg. 44)

The [[Amarna Letters]], named for Pharaoh [[Akenaton]]'s city where they were discovered in 1886, provide a glimpse into the details of an invasion of the land of Canaan by a people called the "Haibiru"; although some are divided on the matter, many agree that the "Haibiru" are actually the Hebrews just entering the Promised Land and putting fear into the vassals of Egypt in the area.  The letters date from c. 1400-1366, corresponding to the entry of [[Joshua]] according to the Biblical timeframe. [http://www.terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/amarnaletters.htm]

The [[Amarna Letters]], named for Pharaoh [[Akenaton]]'s city where they were discovered in 1886, provide a glimpse into the details of an invasion of the land of Canaan by a people called the "Haibiru" or "Hapiru"; although some are divided on the matter, many agree that the "Haibiru" are actually the Hebrews just entering the Promised Land and putting fear into the vassals of Egypt in the area. [http://www.terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/a-abdu-heba1.htm] The letters date from c. 1400-1366, corresponding to the entry of [[Joshua]] according to the Biblical timeframe. [http://www.terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/amarnaletters.htm]

==Late date of 1290 B.C.==

==Late date of 1290 B.C.==