Displays of Cultural Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in the Late Bronze and Iron Age Levant: The Public Presence of Foreign Powers and Local Resistance

This book examines power relationships between Late Bronze and Iron Age Levantine rulers and their subjects through the lens of ＂cultural hegemony＂, drawing on textual, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence. Suitable for students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern history and those studying power and imperialism.

Shane M. Thompson (PhD Brown University) is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at North Carolina Wesleyan University. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming volumes Power and Identity at the Margins of the Ancient Near East, Understanding Power in the Ancient Near East, Volume 1: Approaches, and Understanding Power in the Ancient Near East, Volume 2: Manifestations and Responses.