But his successors were defeated by the Himyarites and forced to pull out of Yemen. By the end of GDRT’s reign, the Ethiopians were the dominant power in the region. Under his leadership, Aksum reached new heights of strength and expanded into southern Arabia. (Our best guess is “Gadarat.”) In the early third century AD, GDRT ruled the kingdom of Aksum in what is now Ethiopia. GDRT was a mighty ruler, but today, we don’t even know how to pronounce his name. He soon caught the disease and died in 1322 BC. Heartbroken, Suppiluliuma mustered his army and attacked Egypt even though a plague was ravaging the land. Unfortunately, some powerful Egyptians weren’t happy with a foreign ruler and Zananza was assassinated at the border. This was big, and Suppiluliuma sent his son Zananza racing to marry Ankhesenamun and become pharaoh. To me, he will be husband, but in Egypt, he will be King.” But Suppiluliuma’s downfall came at his moment of greatest triumph.Īfter the famous pharaoh Tutankhamen died childless, Tut’s sister/wife Ankhesenamun wrote to Suppiluliuma saying, “Never shall I take a servant and make him my husband . . . give me one of your sons. Suppiluliuma I was the greatest ruler of the Hittite Empire, renowned for conquering the powerful kingdom of the Mitanni and overrunning numerous Egyptian vassals.
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