Domination and Resistance: Egyptian Military Activity in the Southern Levant, Ca. 1300-1185 B.C.

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BRILL, Jan 1, 1998 - History - 372 pages
In the narrow sense this volume deals with Egyptian military activity in the southern Levant, about 1300 to 1185 B.C. In the broad sense it provides a case study for the integration of historical, archaeological, and anthropological perspectives. Basing himself on a new comprehensive concordance of terms in Egyptian military accounts, the author starts with a contextual analysis of over thirty terms and clauses. With the Egyptian perception of events established, two chapters are devoted to the archaeological evidence for Egyptian presence, influence, and destruction at over forty site, regional, and socio-ethnic toponyms in the southern Levant. In conclusion, an unprecedented research paradigm is presented for the assessment of Egyptian military activity. This volume includes illustrations, maps, and an extensive bibliography essential to Near Eastern historians, sociologists, archaeologists, Egyptologists and biblical scholars.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
HISTORICAL TEXTUAL AND ICONOGRAPHIC
13
EnslavementTributeGifts
65
h3k Verb
71
Conflagration
84
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
91
Seti I
118
Conclusions
129
Ramses II
151
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
194
TOWARD A PARADIGM FOR EGYPTIAN MILI
240
THE STRUCTURE OF THE MERENPTAH
257
WORKS CITED
272
INDEXES
353
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Michael G. Hasel, Ph.D. (1996) in Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Southern Adventist University. His extensive archaeological excavations in the Middle East include Ashkelon, Dor, Gezer, Masada, and Tell Miqne-Ekron in Israel and Tell Jalul in Jordan.

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