Emanuel Pfoh is a Researcher at the National Research Council (CONICET) and teaches in the Department of History of the National University of La Plata, Argentina.

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Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I: SYRIA-PALESTINE DURING THE LATE BRONZE AGE

Chapter 1: An Overview of Political History (ca. 1550-1150 BCE)

1. Egypt





2. ¿atti





3. Mittani





4. Babylonia





5. Assyria





6. Syria-Palestine





7. Egyptian Rule over Syria-Palestine




Chapter 2: 'International' Diplomacy during the Late Bronze Age

2.1. Primary and Secondary Sources

2.1.1. The El Amarna Archive

2.1.2. Hittite Archives

2.1.3. Archives from Ugarit

2.1.4. Archives from Alalä

2.1.5. Other Epigraphic Records

2.1.5.1. Documents from Emar

2.1.5.2. Archives from Mari

2.1.5.3. Archives from Nuzi

2.2. On 'International' Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age

2.2.1. Egyptian and Asiatic Worldviews

2.3. On the Late Bronze Age Epistolographic Structure

2.3.1. Amarna Socio-Linguistics

Chapter 3: Alliances and Exchanges

3.1. Anthropology and History: Epistemological Preliminaries

3.2. Economic Anthropology of the Late Bronze Age

3.3. Commodities and Exchange of Luxury Goods

3.4. Exchange of Women

3.4.1. Marriage as Social and Political Communication

3.4.2. Hierarchies and Alliances during the Late Bronze Age

3.5. Exchange of Specialists

3.5.1. Techniques and Specialization

3.5.2. Mobility and Hospitality

PART II: POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN SYRIA-PALESTINE

Chapter 4: Socio-Politics of Syria-Palestine (I): Analytical Concepts

4.1. Towards an Historical Anthropology of Syria-Palestine

4.2. On Statehood and State Practice in Syria-Palestine

4.3. City-States in Syria-Palestine?

Chapter 5: Socio-Politics of Syria-Palestine (