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I'm Dr. Glenn Godenho.

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I'm a lecturer in
Egyptology, here

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at the Department of
Archaeology, Classics,

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and Egyptology in the
University of Liverpool.

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So this course is really
about looking at these three

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great superpowers; ancient
Egypt, the Mitannians,

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and the Hittites, and how
they struggle with each other

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to remain in the driving seat
in the ancient Near East.

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The period we're focusing
on is just 300 years,

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between 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE.

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What we need to
do is consider why

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these superpowers came into
contact with each other

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in the way they did.

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And to do that, we'll look at
a fourth geographical area,

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Syria/Palestine.

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Alongside a basic history, we'll
present regular weekly slots

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that introduce a build
on various themes.

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For example, we'll look
at how each of these areas

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communicated.

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In the first week, we'll even
show you how hieroglyphs work.

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We've got the ancient
Near Eastern objects

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from our Garstang
Museum of Archaeology,

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and from other important
collections, too.

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We don't simply want to show
you these objects each week.

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We want you to engage
with the evidence

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to think critically about
them and to question

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archaeological interpretations.

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We have an expert from our
politics department on hand

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to offer a modern perspective
on the ancient events,

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so we can discuss the degree
to which the present can

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illuminate the past.

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So come and join
us as we make sense

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of how the ancient cultures
struggled with each other

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to become the greatest
superpower of the ancient Near

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East.

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