Egyptianization and Elite Emulation in Ramesside Palestine
Subtitle: Governance and Accomodation on the Imperial Periphery (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9789004117686
Subjects: Ancient Near East; Egyptian archaeology; Imperialism; International relations; To 70 A.D; History; Ancient Egypt - History; History - General History; Palestine; History: World; Ancient Egypt; Ancient World; Ancient - General; Interior Design - General; Ancient - Egypt; Antiquities; Egypt; Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C
Description: "A strong Egyptian presence and governance of thirteenth and twelfth centuries B.C. Palestine has since long become clear from both textual and archaeological evidence. How this Egyptianization came about in Ramesside Palestine forms the focus of the present study. Carolyn Higginbotham convincingly attends to internal factors affecting the region's cultural and political development. Two models are carefully considered. The prevailing theory, that Egyptian policy shifted from economic and political domination to military occupation, is contrasted with a new, convincing model, elite emulation, derived from modern core-periphery studies.

The author's conclusion is that Egyptian policy remained largely unchanged, and that the increased Egyptianization of the material culture represents voluntary adoption of the overpowering Egyptian culture by the Palestinian ruling class. The appendices are especially important for scholars interested in ancient international connections in Palestine; they catalogue all Egyptian and Egyptian-style material from LB IIB - Iron I A Palestine."--Jacket.