From Akko/Acco to Beit She’an/Beth Shan in the Late Bronze Age
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Tel Akko is an imposing site on the northern side of the Haifa Bay. It was active as a maritime hub in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 2nd millennium BCE. This study proposes that during the Late Bronze Age, especially in Late Bronze II, Akko’s anchorage on the southern outskirts of the tell was the main maritime contact between Egypt and the Egyptian administrative centre in Beit She’an. This stood in contrast to the anchorage of the same period at Tell Abu Hawam, situated on the same bay, whose main trade network was with sites that lay to the north and west in the Eastern Mediterranean. The study deals with the route used for travelling between Akko and Beit She’an, as well as with textual accounts and petrographic analyses of the el-Amarna Letters.
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Egyptian dominance and its strongholds meant that it had control over trade routes like the coastal road, the Jordan and Jezreel valleys and the ports of the Mediterranean coast.
“Egyptian dominance and its strongholds meant that it had control over trade routes like the coastal road, the Jordan and Jezreel valleys and the ports of the Mediterranean coast.”
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In “Akko in the Amarna Correspondence” (page unavailable), Artzy describes Egyptian influence through outposts along routes from Akko to Beit She’an, rather than complete control of the surrounding areas. The Conclusion (page unavailable) identifies an Akko–Jezreel Valley–Beit She’an route and Akko as a harbour serving Egyptian administration. The paper does not establish Egyptian control over all the coastal-road, Jordan Valley, Jezreel Valley, and Mediterranean-port routes claimed here; it also notes the weakness of Egyptian control in the area. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Egyptian Control in the Southern Levant and the Late Bronze Age Crisis
Nõmmik, A. (2022) · STUDIA ANTIQUA ET ARCHAEOLOGICA · doi:10.47743/saa-2022-28-1-4
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- Artzy, M.
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- Artzy, Michal
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Keywords
- Late Bronze Age, maritime trade, anchorage, petrographic analysis, Eastern Mediterranean, Haifa Bay
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