During the late third millennium BC one of the biggest
transformations of the ancient Near East took place, affecting
almost all regions from Egypt to Anatolia and from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Iranian plateau. This period not only saw
the collapse of urbanization in the southern Levant at the end of
the Early Bronze Age III and the following pastoral Intermediate
Bronze, and the rise and decline of the Akkad empire in the Upper
Euphrates region, but also the end of the Egyptian Old Kingdom in
the Nile valley. In recent years it has been argued that climatic
reasons, especially rapid climate change in the late third
millennium BC (the so-called 4.2 ka BP event) might have triggered
this supraregional collapse in western Asia and Egypt, linking it
to a period of aridification and cooling. This volume compiles
papers presented at the tenth annual Oriental Institute
Postdoctoral Seminar, held on March 7-8, 2014. Three major topics
are covered: The radiocarbon evidence for the mid to late third
millennium BC Near East, the chronological implications of new
dates and how historical/archaeological chronologies should/could
be adapted, and - based on this evidence - if and how climate
change can be related to transitions in the late Early Bronze Age.
Furthermore, written sources concerning late Early Bronze Age Near
Eastern interrelations and/or transformation and collapse from
Egypt to Syria/Mesopotamia are taken into account.
General
Imprint: |
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
ISAC Seminars |
Release date: |
April 2017 |
Editors: |
Felix Hoflmayer
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 37mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
510 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61491-036-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-61491-036-7 |
Barcode: |
9781614910367 |
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