1st Edition
Syria-Palestine in The Late Bronze Age An Anthropology of Politics and Power
Map and Figures
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I: SYRIA-PALESTINE DURING THE LATE BRONZE AGE
Chapter 1: An Overview of Political History (ca. 1550-1150 BCE)
- Egypt
- Ḫatti
- Mittani
- Babylonia
- Assyria
- Syria-Palestine
- Egyptian Rule over Syria-Palestine
Chapter 2: ‘International’ Diplomacy during the Late Bronze Age
2.1. Primary and Secondary Sources
2.1.1. The El Amarna Archive
2.1.2. Hittite Archives
2.1.3. Archives from Ugarit
2.1.4. Archives from Alalaḫ
2.1.5. Other Epigraphic Records
2.1.5.1. Documents from Emar
2.1.5.2. Archives from Mari
2.1.5.3. Archives from Nuzi
2.2. On ‘International’ Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age
2.2.1. Egyptian and Asiatic Worldviews
2.3. On the Late Bronze Age Epistolographic Structure
2.3.1. Amarna Socio-Linguistics
Chapter 3: Alliances and Exchanges
3.1. Anthropology and History: Epistemological Preliminaries
3.2. Economic Anthropology of the Late Bronze Age
3.3. Commodities and Exchange of Luxury Goods
3.4. Exchange of Women
3.4.1. Marriage as Social and Political Communication
3.4.2. Hierarchies and Alliances during the Late Bronze Age
3.5. Exchange of Specialists
3.5.1. Techniques and Specialization
3.5.2. Mobility and Hospitality
PART II: POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN SYRIA-PALESTINE
Chapter 4: Socio-Politics of Syria-Palestine (I): Analytical Concepts
4.1. Towards an Historical Anthropology of Syria-Palestine
4.2. On Statehood and State Practice in Syria-Palestine
4.3. City-States in Syria-Palestine?
Chapter 5: Socio-Politics of Syria-Palestine (
Biography
Emanuel Pfoh is a Researcher at the National Research Council (CONICET) and teaches in the Department of History of the National University of La Plata, Argentina.
" ... impressive and highly recommended ... this is a very useful book, as it provides an in-depth, theoretically sound and quite innovative understanding of the socio-political structure of Syria-Palestine during the Late Bronze Age specifically and the ancient Near East in general. I highly recommend the book for anyone studying ancient Near Eastern cultures and other historical or traditional cultures."
- Aren M. Maeir, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, the Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"very well-argued and referenced"
- Nick Wyatt, Journal for the Society of the Old Testament
