How did Jaffa become an Egyptian provincial capital during the New Kingdom?

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Jaffa became a prominent administrative center during the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom after it was overtaken in the 15th century BCE by Thuti, a general serving under the pharaoh Thutmose III.1

Following this conquest, the city—referred to as Yapu—functioned as a key administrative hub and later served as a garrison city for Ramses II during the 13th century BCE.1