Byblos in the Late Bronze Age
Subtitle: Interactions Between the Levantine and Egyptian Worlds
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9789004416598
Subjects: Excavations (archaeology), middle east; Byblos; Lebanon, history
Description: "In Byblos in the Late Bronze Age, Marwan Kilani reconstructs the "biography" of the city of Byblos during the Late Bronze Age. Commonly described simply as a centre for the trade of wood, the city appears here as a dynamic actor involved in multiple aspects of the regional geopolitical reality. By combining the information provided by written sources and by a fresh reanalysis of the archaeological evidence, the author explores the development of the city during the Late Bronze Age, showing how the evolution of a wide range of geopolitical, economic and ideological factors resulted in periods of prosperity and decline. --