The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant: From Urban Origins to the Demise of City-States, 3700-1000 BCE

The Levant, including modern-day Lebanon, southern Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine, is a highly excavated region with a rich history. This survey provides a state-of-the-art description of the formative phase of Levantine societies, as they perfected the Mediterranean village economy and interacted with neighboring civilizations in Egypt and Syria. It 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 into a unique idiom.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 431 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Levant, encompassing modern-day Lebanon, southern Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine, stands as one of the most extensively excavated regions globally. This comprehensive and visually captivating survey presents a cutting-edge account of the formative era of Levantine societies, as they honed the Mediterranean village economy and initiated interactions with neighboring civilizations in Egypt and Syria, paving the way for the establishment of their first towns and city-state polities. Drawing upon numerous discoveries and interpretive frameworks, Greenberg presents a fresh narrative of social and cultural development, emulation, resistance, and transformation. Through vivid illustrations, he elucidates how Levantine communities translated broader movements of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Bronze Age, encompassing the emergence of states, international trade, elite networks, and imperial ambitions, into a distinctively Levantine idiom.

The Levant, a region encompassing modern-day Lebanon, southern Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine, holds a remarkable distinction as one of the world's most extensively excavated areas. This comprehensive and visually captivating survey provides a state-of-the-art account of the formative phase of Levantine societies, as they perfected the Mediterranean village economy and initiated interactions with neighboring civilizations in Egypt and Syria, ultimately leading to the establishment of their first towns and city-state polities. Drawing upon numerous discoveries and interpretive frameworks, Greenberg presents a fresh narrative of social and cultural development, emulation, resistance, and transformation. Through vivid illustrations, he elucidates how Levantine communities translated broader movements of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Bronze Age, encompassing the emergence of states, international trade, elite networks, and imperial ambitions, into a distinctively Levantine idiom.

The Levant, a vast and historically rich region encompassing modern-day Lebanon, southern Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine, stands as one of the most extensively excavated areas globally. This comprehensive and visually captivating survey presents a cutting-edge account of the formative era of Levantine societies, as they honed the Mediterranean village economy and initiated interactions with neighboring civilizations in Egypt and Syria, paving the way for the establishment of their first towns and city-state polities. Drawing upon numerous discoveries and interpretive frameworks, Greenberg presents a fresh narrative of social and cultural development, emulation, resistance, and transformation. Through vivid illustrations, he elucidates how Levantine communities translated broader movements of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Bronze Age, encompassing the emergence of states, international trade, elite networks, and imperial ambitions, into a distinctively Levantine idiom.

Weight: 816g
Dimension: 178 x 255 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781107529137