Byblos in the late Bronze Age: interactions between the Levantine and Egyptian worlds

In Byblos in the Late Bronze Age, Marwan Kilani reconstructs the "biography" of the city of Byblos during the Late Bronze Age. Commonly described simply as a centre for the trade of wood, the city appears here as a dynamic actor involved in multiple aspects of the regional geopolitical rea...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2020]
Series:Studies in the archaeology and history of the Levant volume 9
Harvard Semitic Museum Publications
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Summary:In Byblos in the Late Bronze Age, Marwan Kilani reconstructs the "biography" of the city of Byblos during the Late Bronze Age. Commonly described simply as a centre for the trade of wood, the city appears here as a dynamic actor involved in multiple aspects of the regional geopolitical reality. By combining the information provided by written sources and by a fresh reanalysis of the archaeological evidence, the author explores the development of the city during the Late Bronze Age, showing how the evolution of a wide range of geopolitical, economic and ideological factors resulted in periods of prosperity and decline
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 324 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789004416604
DOI:10.1163/9789004416604

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