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ISRAEL, MISRAH AND CANAAN IN CONTEXT: AFRICANS IN ARABIA Part I
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dana marniche: [QB] While you're looking at the Hyksos and their connection to the Hebrews you might want to look at some of the discussion that took place back some years ago on the University of Chicago forum to see what academics already knew about how the name Musrah or Musri mentioned by Assyrians got to Egypt. I don't know who was talking but the people were definitely ahead of their time. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/library/ane/digest/2000/v2000.n055 "To this is to note, that Musri is the semitic name for Lower Egypt, Assarhadon wanting to be more specific used the name Paturisi for the south. I want to assert Musri is the name Lower Egypt got in consequence of the Hyksos occupation. To make the difference, later after the Hyksos period, remained the name Musri the general name for Egypt, while to be more specific the rest Hyksos state became known as Meluhha, vulgo known as Musri (Assarhadon). A first reference might be of interest Senacheribs 3-rd campaign (battle of Eltekeh): "Hezekiah, the Iaudai ... called upon the Musri kings, the bowmen and horses of the king of Meluhha. As for Hezekiah. the terrifying splendor of my majesty overcame him, and the Urbi, mercenary troops, which he had brought in to strengthen Jerusalem,..., deserted him." This allows an identification of both Musri=Meluhha=Urbi (Arabs). We have further the contemporary description of the road of Meluhha (in the imaginary geography of Sargon of Akkade). The road beginns at Bazzu (identified in the Arabian desert), at the cistern of the Euphrates. This as well as its length makes its identification with the kingsīroad (Melek>>Meluhha) possible. The work is probably a description of the empire of Sargon II in mythical terms. The name Musri (Misor) is preserved in Jordan till to present days for the socalled highland of Gilead. This is a retreat of the Amalekites connected by Arab historiography constantly with the Hyksos. Another occurence of the name Musri, the river of Musri, is the border river between Juda and the Amalekites, regionally also known as Besor due to the variance between b and m in semitic. See as an example Bar (aram. son) against Mar (amor. son). Next occurence of Musri/Meluhha is in the diary of Assarhadons 10-th campaign: "I broke camp, through Musri/Meluhha, I marched staightaway. 30 beru of ground, from the city of Apku (the eastern Aphek, since Assarhadon is avoiding the teritory of former Israel, now rebelled, by a desert eastern route), which is on the border of country of Same(ri)na, to the city of Rapihi (Raphia), by the side of the brook of Musri - where there is no river - ... Over 20 beru of ground, a 15 days journey. I advanced... 4 beru of ground... 4 beru of ground, a journey of 2 days... 4 beru of ground, a journey of 2 days... 4 beru of ground, a journey of 2 days... 15 beru of ground, a journey of 8 days... for 27 days...(the city of Rapihi) which is on the border of Musri toward Magan (Midian?), I spent the night."" [/QB][/QUOTE]
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