Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East - The Making of a Regional Identity

A diachronic, yet nuanced study of Amorite identity from Mesopotamia to Egypt over a millennium of Bronze Age history.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Amorites, their legacy, and the study of identity; 2. Communities at the margins: the origins of Amorite identity, 2500-2200 B.C.; 3. Beyond pastoralism: diaspora and opportunity, 2200-2000 B.C.; 4. Mercenaries and merchants: networks of political and economic power, 2000-1800 B.C.; 5. Competition and emulation: the Amorite Koiné from Dilmun to Avaris, 1800-1500 B.C. 6. Conclusion: Amorite identity in the long durée.

About the author

Aaron A. Burke is professor of Near Eastern archaeology and the Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written on warfare, culture and social change in the Bronze and Iron Ages.

Summary

This study summons historical, archaeological, and iconographic data from Bronze Age Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Egypt to address the legacy of Amorites.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron A Burke, Aaron A. Burke, Aaron A. (University of California Burke, Burke Aaron A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108495967
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49596-7
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, North Africa, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Ancient Egypt, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology