Policies of Exchange. Political Systems and Modes of Interaction in the Aegean and the Near East in the 2nd Millenium B.C.E

Proceedings of the International Symposium at the University of Freiburg Institute for Archaeological Studies, 30th May - 2nd June 2012

edited by Birgitta Eder and Regine Pruzsinsky

Book cover: Policies of Exchange. Political Systems and Modes of Interaction in the Aegean and the Near East in the 2nd Millenium B.C.E

Extent: 357 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Oriental and European Archaeology

Series volume number: 2

Language: English

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(April 2015)

ISBN: 9783700176619

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Synopsis
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The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean belongs to the most captivating chapters in the history of the Ancient World: Various cuneiform documents and archaeological sources illustrate the numerous contacts between different polities in the 2nd millennium BCE. Reciprocal gift exchange within the framework of diplomatic contacts and redistributive mobility of goods in asymmetric political relations shaped regional and supra-regional communication in different ways. Following the detailed discussions about modes of culture contacts and exchanges in previous research the contributions in the present volume address questions of the specific mechanisms and routes of exchange. How and by which means did material commodities and knowledge circulate among the Great Powers, lesser independent states and vassal kingdoms of the Aegean, Anatolia, Syria, the Levant, Mesopotamia and Egypt? Where did the different raw materials and finished products come from, and under which conditions and by whom were they negotiated? Is it possible to determine regions of production and direct and indirect channels of distribution? Which rules were applied in the supra-regional exchange? Which possibilities and which obligations did the vassal kingdoms of the Levant have towards the Great Powers of the Hittites, Assyrians and Egyptians? Which role did the Mycenaean palaces of the Aegean play within the international network of exchanges? Can we develop a model of political and economic interaction? During the symposium at Freiburg University archaeologists, philologists and historians discussed these issues on the basis of the current evaluation of the archaeological and written evidence within an interdisciplinary framework and developed perspectives on the specific forms of exchange (re)considering the interaction of political and economic forces.

Edited by Birgitta Eder
Edited by Regine Pruzsinsky

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