Crossing Borders, Reaching Limits. Boundaries in the Late Bronze Age Levant

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F24%3A10488289" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/24:10488289 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.5913/2024108.1.8" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.5913/2024108.1.8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5913/2024108.1.8" target="_blank" >10.5913/2024108.1.8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Crossing Borders, Reaching Limits. Boundaries in the Late Bronze Age Levant

Original language description

The process of state formation and the concept of a territorial state are closely intertwined elements that significantly influence our discussion of political institutions and their functioning in the ancient Near East. By the middle of the second millennium BCE, a system of political structures was already fully developed in the region under discussion, and the various political entities interacted with each other either through trade and diplomatic relations or military conflicts (or both). However, this system was far from rudimentary, static, or uniformly stratified, displaying fluidity across temporal and geographical contexts.This paper aims to identify and explore the principles of the political system as it was practiced in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age (c. 16th-12th centuries BCE), a time when the city-states of the region were experiencing intense political, economic, and cultural expansion from neighboring &quot;empires&quot;. Central to our investigation is the question of political borders and their permeability, as they played a crucial role in shaping the character of individual political centers. To achieve this, we will analyze written sources to glean insights into the very notion of borders, limits, and boundaries prevailing in the region. By gaining an enhanced understanding these aspects, we can unlock a deeper understanding of the intricate interplay between political, economic, and cultural forces in shaping the developmental trajectory of the ancient Near East during the Late Bronze Age.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Migration and Mobility in the Ancient Near East and Egypt - the Crossroads IV

ISBN

978-1-957454-10-8

Number of pages of the result

11

Pages from-to

153-163

Number of pages of the book

404

Publisher name

Lockwood Press

Place of publication

Columbus, GA

UT code for WoS chapter

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