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The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East - The Making of a Regional Identity (Hardcover)
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The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East - The Making of a Regional Identity (Hardcover)
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In this book, Aaron A. Burke explores the evolution of Amorite
identity in the Near East from ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the
emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the
most famous groups in Ancient Near Eastern history, against the
backdrop of both Akkadian imperial intervention and declining
environmental conditions during this period. Tracing the migration
of Amorite refugees from agropastoral communities into nearby
regions, he shows how mercenarism in both Mesopotamia and Egypt
played a central role in the acquisition of economic and political
power between 2100 and 1900 BC. Burke also examines how the
establishment of Amorite kingdoms throughout the Near East relied
on traditional means of legitimation, and how trade, warfare, and
the exchange of personnel contributed to the establishment of an
Amorite koine. Offering a fresh approach to identity at different
levels of social hierarchy over time and space, this volume
contributes to broader questions related to identity for other
ancient societies.
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