The diplomatic marriages in the Amarna letters: the pharaonic perspective in the second half of 14th Century b.C.

• Grant number: 16/22412-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: April 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Aparecido Rede
• Grantee: André Shinity Kawaminami
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/11390-8 - Alliances and interdynastic marriages in the Ancient Near East: the Egyptian perspective in the 14-13th centuries BC, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

This project intends to analyze the Amarna Letters - written in the middle of 14th century b.C. corresponding to the Amenhotep III's (c.1388-1351 a.C.) and Amenhotep IV's kingdoms - later known as Akhenaton (c.1351-1334 a.C.) - exchanged between Egypt and some kingdoms of the ancient Near East, in order to outline the pharaonic perspective about the diplomatic marriages in relation to the others Asian king's perspectives and the implications of this practice to the pharaoh. (AU)