On The Asian Foreign Policy Of Peace In The Period Of Amenhotep Ⅲ

The 18th dynasty of New Kingdom in ancient Egypt is very important to the history of the historical period,particularly in the reign of Amenhotepâ…¢,the Egyptian Empire reached its period of prosperity.Different from the past,a foreign policy of peace had been taken in this period.Well,what is the nature of this diplomacy which replace war by this foreign policy? What is the purpose and significance of the Peace diplomacy? What position of this diplomacy in the eighteenth dynasty,especially in the new historical stage of the whole kingdom is? This paper attempts to set out from three aspects of the problem.Which are summarized below.The foreword part elaborated the domestic and foreign research situation firstly, as well as some of the latest research results,and involved some discussion of the current research on the problems and shortcomings,and mainly elaboratde the central question and research methods of this article.The first part is the background of this topic introduction,involving the comparison between the pre-time of peace diplomacy and after that,highlighting the period of peace diplomacy in the historical context of time.This part is divided into two sections,sectionâ… describes the Kingdom of the Eighteenth dynasty of the new year,from Ahmoseâ… to Amenhotepâ…¢,narrates the ancient pharaohs' foreign policies of this period.During this period,Egypt fighted for a just war of national independence in the beginning,gradually evoluted to a war of conquest,and this war 's main battlefield is in the West Asia.Upto Amenhotepâ…¢,Egypt has established a huge empire of military empire.Sectionâ…¡mainly talked about the contents of peaceful diplomacy in the period of Amenhotepâ…¢,who abandoned the traditional foreign policy of military conquest,used diplomacy instead of war,showing a emperor who pursue for peace in this region.The second part of this article is a analyse of the main reasons for the peaceful diplomatic.The implementation of the peace diplomacy in this time is not groundless, but the result of favorabled factors of political,military and other forces.In addition,a favorable international environment is a favorable diplomatic background for peace diplomacy.This part is divided into five sections,which from different perspectives to analyze the implementation of a peaceful diplomatic respectively.The first section from a military point of view,that is to say,the Egyptian military empire which have been set up in the West Asia region in the beginning is the prerequisite and foundation for the implement of peace diplomacy successfully.This is a favorable domestic environment.Egyptian empire at this period has reached the place where river water back,the Cambridge Ancient History' authors believe that the territory during this period has been achieved the geographical supreme by the Egyptians think,therefore the success of the military set up a empire which makes Amenhotepâ…¢have no need to use the war to expand its sphere of influence,but to think about how to maintain the existence of a huge empire in his rule.The second and third sub-section is a essential part for peace diplomacy policy in this period of peace diplomacy,that is,the analysis of political and economic reason of how Amenhotepâ…¢set up his peace diplomacy. Amenhotepâ…¢used the marriage of political relations with the West Asian countries to strengthen the friendly relations between the monarchy.On the one hand,this is in order to consolidate his sphere of influence in West Asia,make his country to be a sovereign state in this region;On the other hand,is also in order to avoid conflicts between countries.Focus on the marriage bond has been watered down the possibility of military confrontation to some extent,making the relationship between the monarch become more closely and home color.The third section is introduce the content of gold diplomacy,which have a facused reflection in the "Amarna Letters". This section is divided into two titles,as one part of a "golden"diplomacy,and the other part is the "golden diplomacy." The first small part is very important,that is,the principle which complianced by Amenhotepâ…¢during the time of peace diplomacy. The economy benefit is always a goal pursued by the Egypt empire,this principle even do not have any change in this period,and because of this principle,the opponents of Egypt during this period use this weakness occupied the spere of Egyptian gradually.As a result,in the later of the Amarna period,the empire is in dangerous,exists in name only.The later part is the "gold diplomacy" that the pharaoh use money to buy over some small countries,which on a swing ground between the major powers in West Asia.As well as to use gold to draw the major powers in Western Asia at that time,which in order to maintain a friendship with Egypt,"Amarna Letters "in which have a reflection of focus.This is a measure when Amenhotepâ…¢contact with the countried of Western Asia,and this is also the main contents of peace diplomacy.The second part of sectionâ…£is the operation and management,that is,Amenhotepâ…¢how to manage his sphere.Strengthen the interests of the Egyptian empire,support the forces in various countries,as well as a certain number of troops,which are all the effective management when Amenhotepâ…¢face to those countries.Just about the implement of these measures prevent the insurgency and the occurrence of dangerous in the imperial sphere.However,the contents of sectionsâ…¢andâ…£also reflect and reveal the nature of the implementation of peace diplomacy,which is not on the true meaning of the advocacy of peace and friendship among nations,but rather set up an international recognition and accreditation of Egypt'sphere.Sectionâ…¤is a favorable international environment. This is a great international background for peace diplomacy to implement,that is,the strength of Egypt during this period is a great hegemony in West Asia,countries are unable to challenge the strength of the status of the Egyptian empire,unable to break the existing international structure.The third part is the role and the impact of peace diplomacy,which divided into two sections.Sectionâ… discusses the impact of peace diplomacy in this period.The successful implementation of peace diplomacy in this period makes the Egyptian Empire reached its peak in the history,Egypt' business have a great development,the international influence has also reached a historical peak.Even more important, during this period the Empire of Egyptian civilization have a frequent contact with the other civilization entities,which have a active effect in the human history.The last section is an analyse of the role of peace diplomacy in the history.The time of implementation of peace diplomacy are on an important historical period in Egypt,on the one hand,this is the prosperous period of Egyptian history.On the other hand,this period of peaceful diplomacy also beget some fatal problems and a range of adverse consequences.The implementation of peace diplomacy also provide a good opportunity for the other Asian countries to rise.At the late time of Amarna,the rise of emerging countries,beginning to break the dominance of the Egypt empire in the Asian region,the international situation changed dramatically,peace diplomacy became a turning point during the Empire period of the historical,after that the Egyptian empire turn into a new era of history.ConclusionThe implementation of the peace diplomacy in the Amenhotepâ…¢period is not on the true meaning of peace,and Amenhotepâ…¢is not a really pacifist.In the diplomatic process,Amenhotepâ…¢comply with the principles and purpose of making peace Egyptian diplomacy which has become a pretext to maintain its sphere of influence and require other States to recognize and comply with the existing situation, so that the Egyptian empire to have a successful external environment of peace. However,the West Asian countries are not satisfied with the existing situation,when the strength and the time is ripe,the country commence to challenge the hegemony of Egypt,the history of the Near East enter a new historical period.