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Chapter 2 - Villages and the Growth of Social Power in the Early Bronze I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

Raphael Greenberg
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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Summary

The start of the EBA is marked by a simple Mediterranean village culture; it ends with the growth of 10- to 20-hectare mega-villages reflecting the social power garnered by village leaders and their ability to create surplus through cereal, vine and olive cultivation. It also marks a period of increasing interaction with pre-dynastic Egypt, culminating in the creation of the first Egyptian “colony” in the Levant.

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The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant
From Urban Origins to the Demise of City-States, 3700–1000 BCE
, pp. 24 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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