Palace-Clan Relations in the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant: Textual and Material Approaches - Archaeology of the Biblical Worlds - Hannes Bezzel - Books - De Gruyter - 9783111405513 - August 15, 2025
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Hannes Bezzel
Palace-Clan Relations in the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant: Textual and Material Approaches - Archaeology of the Biblical Worlds

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Recent studies have demonstrated that ancient Near Eastern societies considered themselves as part of one social fabric, divided not by mode of life or place of residence, but according to traditional associations of kin. Kinship relations appear to maintain their essential integrity over long periods of time, even within complex political organizations. In the past it was common to view state formation as an evolutionary process – from tribe to state – during which former kinship relations and tribal identities dissolve in face of the political identity imposed by the "state".

Today, however, it seems that there were no evolutionary relations between the tribe and the state, as they both represent identities that coexist at the same time. It is against this background that a common structural element of ancient Levantine polities emerges: their fragmented nature, mostly based on an overarching concept of kinship. This book presents studies of different polities and societies from the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant and beyond, highlighting their kin-based social and political structures, interactions, and ultimate formations, as may be gleaned from both material and textual sources.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 15, 2025
ISBN13 9783111405513
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 250
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   549 g
Editor Bezzel, Hannes
Editor Covello-Paran, Karen
Editor Krause, Joachim J.
Editor Sergi, Omer

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