阿玛尔纳时代埃及与巴比伦的关系

在阿玛尔纳时代,埃及与巴比伦的关系可以分为两个时期:第一个时期,在亚述兴起之前,埃及对巴比伦的政策是通过物质资助来换取巴比伦的支持,而巴比伦在政治上与埃及作了针锋相对的斗争,目的是实现经济利益最大化;第二个时期,亚述兴起之后,巴比伦面临着严重的挑战,为了换取埃及的支持,开始放弃苛刻的经济外交政策,提高了对政治地位的关注,而埃及出于牵制巴比伦的目的,不顾巴比伦的反对最终承认了亚述。

The Relations Between Egypt and Babylon in the Amarna Period

In Amarna period, the relations of Egypt-Babylon experienced two stages. At the first stage, before the rejuvenation of Assyria, Egypt's policy to Babylon obtained Babylon's support through providing the material, but Babylon's policy to Egypt maximized the economical interest through struggling diametrically. At the second stage, after the rejuvenation of Assyria, Babylon gave up economical diplomacy and promoted the interest to political position, buy Egypt acknowledged Assyrian power position in order to check on Babylon.