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THOTHMES THE THIRD AND AMENHOTEP THE SECOND 189-207

First expedition of Thothmes III. into Asia, 189-191--His second and subsequent campaigns, 191, 192--Great expedition of his thirty-third year, 192, 193--Adventure with an elephant, 194--Further expeditions: amount of plunder and tribute, 195--Interest in natural history, 196--Employment of a navy, 197--Song of victory on the walls of the Temple of Karnak, 198-199--Architectural works, 199-201--Their present wide diffusion, 202--Thothmes compared with Alexander, 203--Description of his person, 204--Position of the Israelites under Thothmes III., 205--Short reign of Amenhotep II., 206.