Several Amarna letters written by this city’s ḫazannu (“kha-ZA-noo”) Rib-Hadda lament pirate attacks by the mysterious mişi (“MEE-shee”) men, who were commanded by an Egyptian vizier. For 10 points each:
[10m] The title merchant of The Story of Wenamun spends a year waiting for what Phoenician city’s uncooperative king to replace his treasure? This city worshipped Osiris for much of the Bronze Age, and Isis legendarily found his coffin in this city.
ANSWER: Byblos [or Gubla; or Kebny; or Jebeil, Jbeil, or Jubayl]
[10h] Rib-Hadda often mentions the mişi men in conjunction with the attacking men or ships of this city, one of the first republics in the region. This city is located on an island off the coast of modern-day Syria.
ANSWER: Arwad [or Aradus; accept Antioch in Peria or Antiochia in Pieria; prompt on Antioch or Antiochia]
[10e] Arwad, Byblos, and other Levantine cities fell under Egyptian hegemony during the campaigns of a pharaoh with this name, who won the Battle of Megiddo and succeeded his mother Hatshepsut.
ANSWER: Thutmose [or Tuthmosis or Thothmes; accept Thutmose III or Thutmose the Great]
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