Editing Thutmose III (section)

===Campaigns 2-4: Tours of Canaan and Syria===
[[File:Lateran obelisk 2013-2.jpg|thumb|upright|Thutmose's ''tekhen waty'', today standing in Rome as the [[Lateran Obelisk|Lateran obelisk]]. The move from Egypt to Rome was initiated by [[Constantine the Great]] (Roman Emperor, 324–337) in 326, though he died before it could be shipped out of Alexandria. His son, the Emperor [[Constantius II]] completed the transfer in 357. An account of the shipment was written by contemporary historian [[Ammianus Marcellinus]].]]
Thutmose's second, third, and fourth campaigns appear to have been nothing more than tours of [[Syria]] and [[Canaan]] to collect tribute.<ref name="Grimal 214"/> Traditionally, the material directly after the text of the first campaign has been considered to be the second campaign.<ref name="Redford War 53">{{harvnb|Redford|2003|p=53}}.</ref> This text records tribute from the area which the Egyptians called [[Retjenu]] (roughly equivalent to Canaan) and it was also at this time that Assyria paid a second "tribute" to Thutmose III.<ref>Breasted, James Henry. ''Ancient Records of Egypt,'' Vol. II p. 191. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1906.</ref> It is probable that these texts come from Thutmose's 40th year or later and thus have nothing to do with the second campaign at all. If so, no records of this campaign have been found.<ref name="Redford War 53"/> Thutmose's third campaign was not considered significant enough to appear in his otherwise extensive Annals at Karnak. A survey was made of the animals and plants he found in Canaan, which was illustrated on the walls of a special room at Karnak.<ref>Breasted, James Henry. ''Ancient Records of Egypt,'' Vol. II p. 192. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1906.</ref> This survey is dated to Thutmose's 25th year.<ref>{{harvnb|Redford|2003|p=213}}.</ref> No record remains of Thutmose's fourth campaign,<ref>Breasted, James Henry. ''Ancient Records of Egypt,'' Vol. II p. 193. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1906.</ref> but at some point a fort was built in lower Lebanon and timber was cut for construction of a processional barque, and this probably fits best during this time frame.<ref>{{harvnb|Redford|2003|p=214}}.</ref>