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Power and identity at the margins of the ancient Near East / edited by Sara Mohr and Shane M. Thompson

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Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2023]
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xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Mohr, Sara and Thompson, Shane M.

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Notes in the margins / Sara Mohr and Shane M. Thompson -- An imperial encounter : the Egyptian Empire in Canaan, highland ethnogenesis, and the transformation of history / Avraham Faust -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea? Northern Levantine elites at the margins of the Bronze Age Empires / Alexander Ahrens -- Betwixt and between : the elusiveness of Israel's Iron Age Timnah / Mahri Leonard-Fleckman -- On the far side of the river : shifting territorialities and reorienting political discourses in Hittite Anatolia / Alvise Matessi -- Beyond politics : religion and symbolism at the borders of Egypt / Valeria Turriziani -- Studies in culture and language of the Kingdom of Suḫu / Peter Dubovský -- Emar, Carchemish, and the Hittites : the exercise of power without administration / Daniel E. Fleming -- On the fringe : benefits of life in the Shatter Zones of Egypt's Empire / Ellen Morris -- Reflections from the margins / Eric M. Trinka.
Summary
"Power and Identity at the Margins of the Ancient Near East rethinks the dichotomy between antiquated terms such as "core" and "periphery, " explores lived realities in the margins of central authority and centers those margins as places of resistance and power in their own right"--
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9781646423576 hardcover
1646423577 hardcover
9781646423583 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Endowment Note
Class of 1984 Endowed Book Fund
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