Wikipedia's first sentence called it “egyptian designation for southern retenu”. Today it says “egyptian designation for southern retjenu”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu Djahi”. It now reads “Ancient Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu (the wider Syrian region) Djahi”.
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Djahy or Tjahi was the Egyptian designation for southern Retenu . It ran from approximately Ashkelon to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee .1It was the watershed of the Jordan river during the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt and Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt battles with Kadesh .2Egyptian conflicts with Kadesh are first mentioned in the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt using the term Qdem in reference to people coming south from upper Retenu or the watershed of the Orontes river. Most of the fighting was in the mountains or hills of the region called Naharin meaning the rivers defining the borders of Syria , Lebanon , Aram , and Canaan . Naharin was a central part of Mitanni during the 15th and 14th century BC.3
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Djahi , Djahy or Tjahi was the Egyptian designation for southern Retenu . It ran from approximately Ashkelon to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee . It was the watershed of the Jordan river during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt battles with Kadesh .
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Djahi , Djahy or Tjahi (Egyptian: ḏhj, ḏꜣhy) was the Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu . It ran from approximately Ashkelon to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee . It was described as the drainage basin of the Jordan River during the battles with Kadesh of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth dynasties of Egypt ."Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae - Login" . aaew.bbaw.de .
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Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu Djahi , Djahy or Tjahi ( Egyptian : ḏhj , ḏꜣhy ) was the Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu . It ran from approximately Ashkelon in Israel to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee . It was described as the drainage basin of the Jordan River during the battles with Kadesh of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties of Egypt . It was the scene of the Battle of Djahy between Rameses III and the Sea Peoples . "Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae - Login" . aaew.bbaw.de .
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Ancient Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu (the wider Syrian region) Djahi , Djahy or Tjahi ( Egyptian : ḏhj , ḏꜣhy ) was the Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu , the Ancient Egyptian name for the wider Syrian region . It ran from approximately Ashkelon in Israel to Lebanon and inland as far as Galilee . It was described as the drainage basin of the Jordan River during the battles with Kadesh of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties of Egypt . It was the scene of the Battle of Djahy between Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples . "Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae - Login" . aaew.bbaw.de .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “egyptian designation for southern retenu”. Today it says “egyptian designation for southern retjenu”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu Djahi”. It now reads “Ancient Egyptian designation for southern Retjenu (the wider Syrian region) Djahi”. Read the current article and compare.
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egyptian designation for southern retenu
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egyptian designation for southern retjenu
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