and regions that were now under his control, while the third lists 231! These rosters are the largest listings of geographical names from the Levant, of which approximately half have been identified with some certainty. From the lists it appears that Egypt was primarily interested in controlling the International Coastal Highway and the Transjordanian Highway, as well as the latter’s connecting routes to the Mediterranean via the Jezreel Valley and/or Galilee. Conspicuous by their absence are cities
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