Several hundred ceremonial jars that originated in this region were found at a site whose abundance of pottery sherds led it to be named the “Mother of Pots.” This region's supposed wealth is represented by a fictional chief who boils milk in one text. The longest hieroglyphic inscription depicts a battle in this region, which is the most northerly battle depicted at Medinet Habu. The title advisor of a ruler of this region returns to his homeland to die in The (*) Story of Sinuhe. Khor and Retjenu were Egyptian names for this original homeland of the Hyksos. The Amarna Letters show that this region's (-5[1])city-states were split between clients of Egypt and of (10[1])Mitanni during the New Kingdom. Thutmose III won the oldest recorded battle near this region's city of Megiddo. For 10 points, name this region later identified with the biblical Promised Land. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])