Abstract
Os primeiros tabletes das Cartas de Amarna foram encontrados em 1887, e, com eles, uma nova percepção sobre a antiguidade também apareceu. Essas correspondências nos revelaram uma ligação de forma sistemática entre os povos do Antigo Oriente Próximo, assim, mais do que nunca, a ideia de um mundo antigo isolado deve ser questionada. Leis e convenções estabeleceram os parâmetros das relações entre Egito e Oriente Próximo. Entretanto, existem diferenças entre a teoria e a prática. Apesar de algumas regras serem acordadas, os reis constantemente tentavam conseguir acordos melhores e usam argumentos políticos, que serviam como arcabouços retóricos, para isso. Neste trabalho, veremos o caso de Egito e Mitani, com os reis Amenhotep III e Akhenaton, do Egito, e Tushratta, de Mitani. Para entendermos como esse relacionamento foi feito, esse trabalho cobre, brevemente, o contexto histórico das cartas e apresenta alguns textos do conjunto de Amarna. Com isso em mente, pretendemos demonstrar como esses argumentos provavelmente funcionavam e as razões que poderiam explicar as coisas que foram ditas nas cartas.
Highlights
The aim of this paper is to provide an introduction to the study of diplomatic relations in the Ancient Near East, during the so-called Amarna Age
A field so commonly dismissed among scholars of International Relations, ancient diplomacy can be a fertile ground to understand the birth of pre-modern political contacts and extra-societal issues
This paper will be more focused on this goal: an introduction to the Egypt-Mitanni affairs in the Amarna Letters and how they can be seen as a prime example of early diplomacy
Summary
There is a tendency, nowadays, to isolate ancient civilizations, as if they did not interact with one another. The kings of the Amarna Age helped shape international relations as we know them, Scoville, Priscila The ancient Near East in contact: an introduction to the Egypt-Mitanni affairs in the Amarna Letters they were not aware of it and did not have a proper name (a modern concept, in other words) for what they were doing. As my purpose here is to provide some basis for those who are interested in this kind of investigation or study, I believe that some aspects of the history of ancient diplomacy, and the very context of the research field (in this case, IR) needs to be clarified From this point onwards, this paper will be more focused on this goal: an introduction to the Egypt-Mitanni affairs in the Amarna Letters and how they can be seen as a prime example of early diplomacy. There are exceptions: letters EA 1, EA 5, EA 14, EA 30, EA 99, EA 163, EA 367, EA 369 and EA 370 were written by Pharaohs and EA 96, EA 333 and EA 382 by Egyptian Officials
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