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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      21 October 2019
      07 November 2019
      ISBN:
      9781316275993
      9781107111462
      9781107529137
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316275993
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.03kg, 426 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (254 x 178 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.812kg, 432 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge World Archaeology
      Subjects:
      Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology
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    Series:
    Cambridge World Archaeology
    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology
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    The Levant - modern Lebanon, southern Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine - is one of the most intensively excavated regions of the world. This richly documented and illustrated survey offers a state-of-the-art description of the formative phase of Levantine societies, as they perfected the Mediterranean village economy and began to interact with neighboring civilizations in Egypt and Syria, on the way to establishing their first towns and city-state polities. Citing numerous finds and interpretive approaches, Greenberg offers a new narrative of social and cultural development, emulation, resistance and change, illustrating how Levantine communities translated broader movements of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Bronze Age - the emergence of states, international trade, elite networks and imperial ambitions - into a uniquely Levantine idiom.

    Awards

    Winner, 2020 G. Ernest Wright Award, American Schools of Oriental Research

    Reviews

    ‘… It is the geographic characteristics of this region that shaped the Levant and its cultures, creating a uniquely Levantine idiom. Its diverse landscapes, microregions and climates, and lack of unifying geographic features tended to suppress the ability to accumulate great amounts of surplus or wealth (which, in turn, would have required the development of large bureaucracies). These tendencies also encouraged exploitation of the region by imperial powers. The result is the resilience, creativity, and flexibility to adapt to new situations as narrated in Greenberg’s masterly, nuanced, and engaging account of the Bronze Age Levant.’

    Ann E. Killibrew Source: Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies

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    • Chapter 4 - The Intermediate Bronze Age
      pp 136-179
    • Entering the Orbit of Syria
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