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Are we sure transition from uncle to nephew was truly peaceful. It makes no sense. In general transition are so delicate and often fraught with violence.
by naijaboiler 5y ago
Are we sure transition from uncle to nephew was truly peaceful. It makes no sense.
In general transition are so delicate and often fraught with violence.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoI only know what I read in Brotherhood of Kings, and I agree it makes no sense. But I don't really see anything that would salvage the situation to the point where it made some kind of sense. You'd need to imagine a political situation balanced so finely that Tushratta's uncle could hold on to the throne after killing his own brother, but killing his nephew would have been a step too far. And then he had years -- during which he had successfully isolated Tushratta from the rest of his family! -- to let some kind of accident happen to him, but it didn't.