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This book examines power relationships between Late Bronze and Iron Age Levantine rulers and their subjects through the lens of "cultural hegemony", drawing on textual, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence. Suitable for students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern history and those studying power and imperialism.
List of contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part I: The Hittites and the Late Bronze Age Northern Levant
2. Epigraphic Evidence for Cultural Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony from Emar
3. Epigraphic Evidence for Cultural Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony from Ugarit
4. Archaeological Evidence from Syria
Part II: Egypt and the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant
5. Egyptian Conceptions and Manifestations of Border in the Southern Levant
6. Egyptian Temples in the Southern Levant
Part III: The Neo-Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians, and the Iron Age Southern Levant
7. Neo-Assyrian Conceptions and Manifestations of Borders in the Iron Age Southern Levant
8. Counter-Hegemony in the Iron Age Southern Levant
9. The Neo-Babylonians in the Levant
10. The Neo-Babylonians in the Iron Age Prophets
11. Conclusions
Works Cited
Index
About the author
Shane M. Thompson (PhD Brown University) is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at North Carolina Wesleyan University. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming volumes Power and Identity at the Margins of the Ancient Near East, Understanding Power in the Ancient Near East, Volume 1: Approaches, and Understanding Power in the Ancient Near East, Volume 2: Manifestations and Responses.
Summary
This book examines power relationships between Late Bronze and Iron Age Levantine rulers and their subjects through the lens of "cultural hegemony", drawing on textual, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence. Suitable for students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern history and those studying power and imperialism.
