The archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant : from urban origins to the demise of city-states, 3700-1000 BCE / Raphael Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Raphael, author.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Middle East.

Bronze age.

Urbanization.

History.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Cities and towns, Ancient--Middle East.

Urbanization--Middle East--History--To 1500.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 413 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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. 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 that monitors the political role of archaeology in Jerusalem and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Villages and the growth of social power in the Early Bronze I

Urbanism and its demise in the Early Bronze II and III

The intermediate Bronze Age : entering the orbit of Syria

Villages, manors and integrated city-states of the Middle Bronze Age

The Late Bronze Age: under Egypt's heel

Conclusion: The legacy of the Bronze Age Levant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107111462

1107111463

9781107529137

1107529131

OCLC:

1098217568