Question
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 city-states were split between clients of Egypt and of 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■
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Sun | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 63 | -5 |
| Adil Haider | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 63 | 15 |
| Sky Li | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 86 | -5 |
| Henry Atkins | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 103 | -5 |
| Micah Colman | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 144 | 10 |
| Stefan Vlad | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 144 | 0 |
| Jack van Nostrand | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | 144 | 10 |
| Michael Du | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 144 | 10 |