Perspectives on Egypt in the Southern Levant in light of the High Early Bronze Age Chronology

Karin Sowada

Perspectives on Egypt in the Southern Levant in light of the High Early Bronze Age Chronology

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Abstract

Results of the Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East Project (ARCANE) have produced a sweeping new dating schema for Western Asia. In particular, the radiocarbon-based “High Chronology” for the southern Levant fundamentally changes the dating of the Early Bronze Age (EBA) periodisations on which the archaeology of the region is based. This period is coeval with the Egyptian First Dynasty to First Intermediate Period, covering the late fourth and third millennia B.C. Within this new framework, assessment of archaeological and radiocarbon data from both Egypt and the Levant exposes the need for a transformation of traditional constructions of international relations and the dynamics behind the collapse of urban entities. This paper examines some implications of the High Chronology for our understanding of Egyptian relations with the southern Levant.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New horizons in the study of the Early Bronze III and Early Bronze IV of the Levant
Editors	Suzanne Richard
Place of Publication	University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Publisher	Eisenbrauns
Chapter	8
Pages	149-168
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781575067407
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting - InterContinental Hotel, Buckhead, Atlanta, United States Duration: 18 Nov 2015 → 21 Nov 2015 http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015-business.pdf

Conference

Conference	American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting
Abbreviated title	ASOR Annual Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta
Period	18/11/15 → 21/11/15
Internet address	http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015-business.pdf

Keywords

Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.
Eastern Mediterranean
Early Bronze Age
Foreign relations
Material culture--Egypt
Chronology

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Sowada, K 2020, Perspectives on Egypt in the Southern Levant in light of the High Early Bronze Age Chronology. in S Richard (ed.), New horizons in the study of the Early Bronze III and Early Bronze IV of the Levant. Eisenbrauns, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, pp. 149-168, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 18/11/15.

Perspectives on Egypt in the Southern Levant in light of the High Early Bronze Age Chronology. / Sowada, Karin.
New horizons in the study of the Early Bronze III and Early Bronze IV of the Levant. ed. / Suzanne Richard. University Park, Pennsylvania, USA: Eisenbrauns, 2020. p. 149-168.

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Perspectives on Egypt in the Southern Levant in light of the High Early Bronze Age Chronology

Abstract

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Keywords

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Pyramids, power and the dynamics of states in crisis

Conference paper "Pollen Residues and the Liquid Commodities Trade between Egypt and the Levant in the Old Kingdom"

Invited Seminar "Perspectives on Egypt in the Levant during the Third Millennium BC"

The characterisation of ceramic production from the central Levant and Egyptian trade in the Pyramid Age

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Perspectives on Egypt in the Southern Levant in light of the High Early Bronze Age Chronology

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

Pyramids, power and the dynamics of states in crisis

Activities

Conference paper "Pollen Residues and the Liquid Commodities Trade between Egypt and the Levant in the Old Kingdom"

Invited Seminar "Perspectives on Egypt in the Levant during the Third Millennium BC"

Research output

The characterisation of ceramic production from the central Levant and Egyptian trade in the Pyramid Age

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