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| | Egyptian New Kingdom, Babylonia, Assyria, Hittites, etc. |
 | | However, in pushing the young Thutmose aside, and preparing for her daughter's future by marrying her to him, Hatshepsut nevertheless consistently honored her father, the extra-dynastic Thutmose I, rather than her maternal ancestors of the old Theban Dynasty. |
 | | Mitanni, however, set back by Egypt, weakened after 1400 and was soon crushed between the resurgent Hittites to the west and the Assyrians to the east. |
 | | Both Thutmose I and Thutmose III reached the Euphrates; but the Mitanni eventually fought the Egyptians to at least a draw, and cordial relations ensued, including marriages between the courts. |
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