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===New Kingdom Social History===
1. Spalinger, Anthony J. (2005). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405113723/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1405113723&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=2f26bc10f0f81329fbc77f30172b8d4e War in Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom].</i> London: Blackwell.
Egypt’s success on the battlefield was a major, if not the most important, reason for her success in international affairs during the New Kingdom. Spalinger examines how the Egyptians adopted chariot corps during the New Kingdom and how their version of it differed from their neighbors such as the Hittites. This book also considers the role that the Egyptian military played in greater New Kingdom society.
2. Vernus, Pascal. (2003). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801440785/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801440785&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=34a78ad64e28e95409611f49a288ca37 Affairs and Scandals in Ancient Egypt].</i> Translated by David Lorton. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
In this title that was originally published in French, Vernus surveys some of the major events that took place in Egypt during the Twentieth Dynasty. Vernus examines several published New Kingdom texts that concern tomb workers’ strikes, bureaucratic graft and corruption, and the assassination of Ramesses III (reigned ca. 1186-1155 BC). The author concludes that the texts demonstrate that Egypt was in steep decline during the Twentieth Dynasty.
3. Romer, John. (2003). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0297785001/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0297785001&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=8734b1e548ad1b6d1d4f76cc5618ad64 Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaohs’ Tombmakers].</i> London: Phoenix Press.
This book covers some of the same events in <i>Affairs</i>, but focuses on the daily lives of the men who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The workmen and their families lived near the Valley of the Kings in a village that is known today as Deir el-Medina. Daily religious practices of the workers is covered along with some more salacious accounts, including trials of workers accused of stealing from the tombs they had just built!
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