Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant - From Urban Origins to the Demise of City-States, 3700-1000 Bce

An up-to-date, systematic depiction of Bronze Age societies of the Levant, their evolution, and their interactions and entanglements with neighboring regions.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Villages and the growth of social power in the Early Bronze I; 3. Urbanism and its demise in the Early Bronze II and III; 4. The Intermediate Bronze Age - entering the orbit of Syria; 5. Villages, manors, and integrated city-states of the Middle Bronze Age; 6. The Late Bronze Age - under Egypt's heel; 7. Conclusion - the legacy of the Bronze Age Levant.

About the author

Raphael Greenberg is associate professor of archaeology at Tel-Aviv University. Specializing in the study of early urban formations, economies and institutions, he currently heads the Tel Bet Yerah excavations near the Sea of Galilee and is co-founder of Emek Shaveh - a non-profit organization that monitors the political role of archaeology in Jerusalem and beyond.

Summary

A richly documented and illustrated survey of the archaeology of a crucible of world culture, covering the earliest urban cultures and the emergence of states. This book is a key resource for students of the ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Mediterranean, and a valuable reference work for scholars in related disciplines.

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Greenberg, Raphael (Tel-Aviv University) Greenberg, Greenberg Raphael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781107529137
• ISBN: 978-1-107-52913-7
• No. of pages: 431
• Series: Cambridge World Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Antike, Archäologie einer Periode / Region, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Ur- und Frühgeschichte, prehistory, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Religion, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology