Thus, this paper presents an archaeological and historical overview of Canaan in the second millennium BC during the period known as the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1950–1550 BC), situating Abraham and his family members in their geographic and cultural contexts and examining the economic interactions between the ancestors of Israel and the land ...
Abstract: The excavations at Tell Mozan have produced an un-interrupted sequence for the occupation of the site from the second half of the third to the first half of the second millennium BC. Stratigraphy, architecture, material culture, and urban structures can be observed for this crucial period of transition in the Syrian Jezireh.
The results from this study illustrate that as late as the early second millennium BC, the inhabitants of Kassala were still exploiting a mixture of morphologically wild and domesticated Sorghum bicolor. The evidence suggests that while the domestication process of sorghum was underway, full domestication may not have been …
This paper considers two related transformations in the societies of southern Greece in the second millennium BC. On the one hand broad transformations in society have long been identified over the course of the millennium leading to what many see as state-level societies functioning over a significant area in the latter third of the period.
The 2nd millennium BC corresponds in time frame to what is attested about Hebrew, which "developed during the latter half of the second millennium BCE between …
In 1177 BC, you trace the social, economic, and cultural links between the civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East — Egypt, Minoan Crete, Mycenaean Greece, the Hittite Empire, Mittani, Assyria, and Kassite Babylonia — and their cataclysmic demise during the late second millennium BC.
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This groundbreaking, five-volume series offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of Egypt and Western Asia (the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Iran), from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander the Great. Written by a diverse, international team of leading scholars whose expertise brings to life the people, places, …
The evidence for metallurgical workshops of the 2nd millennium in Ugarit Download; XML; The merchants of Ugarit:: oligarchs of the Late Bronze Age trade in metals? ... Just a few rusty bits:: the innovation of iron in the Eastern Mediterranean in …
Beginning around four thousand years ago in the lands of western Asia and the eastern Mediterranean, one of the first international ages in human history emerged. Intense exchange fostered a burst of creativity in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, and the Aegean in the second millennium B.C.—the time of the Middle and Late …
Canaan in the Second Millennium BC. The beginning of the Middle Bronze Age in Canaan is marked by the establishment of palatial and fortified centers, monumental …
Previous archaeological research has made significant advances in our understanding of the chrono-spatial patterns of ancient human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau based on archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, and material cultural analysis. The surge of archaeological data in prehistoric Tibet calls for further analysis of the potential …
quantities in many parts of China during the second millennium BC. This suggests that, while the Southwest Asian crops were adopted and became a staple food source in Gansu province in the second millennium BC, they were disregarded as staple foods elsewhere in the same millennium. Keywords
The last half of the second millennium BC (Mitanni and Middle Assyrian periods) witnessed a recovery in settlement numbers, with 33 Mitanni and 32 Middle Assyrian sites, although site density did not approach the levels of the early second millennium BC (Donella 2002). The abandonment of Leilān encouraged the reorganization of this region ...
Browse 157 second millennium bc photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. The Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to …
Explore the art and culture of the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium B.C., when international exchange and …
Learn about the history and culture of the region in the second millennium B.C., from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age. Explore the key events, sites, and sources of this period, such as Ugarit, Byblos, and cuneiform.
"The second millennium B.C. can be conveniently divided into two periods. During the Middle Bronze Age, Amorite tribes from Syria settle across the region. Many large sites are fortified employing massive cyclopean stone blocks. Akkadian cuneiform inscribed on clay tablets is widely used. City-states such as Ebla and Aleppo dominate the Syrian plains, …
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. by Aruz, Joan, Kim Benzel, and Jean Evans, eds., with Catharine Roehrig, Isabel Stuenkel ...
In the second millennium BC this lagoon formed the largest sheltered anchorage on the island. The main focus of Late Bronze Age occupation on the shore of the Salt Lakes was at Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (otherwise known as Hala Sultan Tekke). Excavated remains at the site primarily date to its final major phase of occupation between c.1190–1175 BC ...
Learn about the complex and multifaceted factors that led to the decline of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East around 1200 BC. …
A new perspective focusing on evidence from the second millennium BC in ancient Mesopotamia is used to investigate the kispum ritual using ideas from the archaeology of emotion and Death and Dying studies. Current understandings based on textual based studies and the varied traditions of archaeological investigation are introduced in Chapter 2.
The second millennium B.C. remains one of the most poorly known of all of the archaeological periods on the Persian plateau. Older excavations and limited …
The second millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000. It encompassed the High and Late Middle Ages of the Old World, the Islamic Golden Age and the period of Renaissance, followed by the Early Modern period, characterized by the Wars of Religion in Europe, the Age of …
Through this approach some aspects of continuity and discontinuity emerged, among which the identification of a new technique (trimming) at the very beginning of the second millennium BC, which can indicate significant technological development in pottery …
Millennium, a period of 1,000 years. The Gregorian calendar, put forth in 1582 and subsequently adopted by most countries, did not include a year 0 in the transition from …
This would assign it to the first half of the Second Millennium BC. If we reject the vague parallels with Aegean material on which the traditional end-date depends, there is nothing in the Argaric which would prolong it beyond 1500 BC. This becomes ever clearer as more and more C14 dates for the Iberian Bronze Age come to hand.
As the name indicates, the project's aim is the "Synchronization of Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium BC". In order to create a definite chronological framework for the history of the second millennium BC both archaeological and scientific methods are applied in 15 subprojects.
Broomcorn millet ( Panicum miliaceum L.) was first domesticated in China and dispersed westward via Central Asia in the 3rd millennium BC, reaching Europe in the 2nd millennium BC.
A map of empires and trade routes in southern Europe, North Africa, and Middle East from 2000 to 1000 BCE. See the boundaries, conflicts, and goods of the Hittite, Egyptian, …
