New York. Metropolitan musuem of art · New York [The Gilliss press · leaf 116
nicians and Cretans broughtmetal work and textiles. Of all these riches a disproportionately great amountbecame the property of the king. The founders of theeighteenth dynasty, as we have seen, had assured their 84 THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH ROOMS position by crushing all rival claimants to power andin… … FIG. 40. QUARTZITE HEAD OF AKHENATEN (hEAD-DRESS RESTORED)XVIII DYNASTY tralizing all the functions of the state in their ownpersons, delegating the powers formerly wielded by thefeudal princes to appointees of their own from amongtheir soldiers and courtiers over whom they couldretain direct…
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