Pastoralists in Late Bronze Age Palestine: Which Way Did They Go?

As Egypt struggled to maintain itself on a faltering Late Bronze Age Palestinian landscape, it lashed out at an elusive quarry: The shasu, a burgeoning and volatile nomadic pastoralist group. The economic dynamics of pastoralism explain how the shasu earned imperial animosity and eventually transfor...

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Main Author: Hopkins, David C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholars Press 1993
In: The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1993, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 200-211
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Summary:As Egypt struggled to maintain itself on a faltering Late Bronze Age Palestinian landscape, it lashed out at an elusive quarry: The shasu, a burgeoning and volatile nomadic pastoralist group. The economic dynamics of pastoralism explain how the shasu earned imperial animosity and eventually transformed Palestine's settlement landscape.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3210373