Byblos in the Late Bronze Age: Interactions Between the Levantine and Egyptian Worlds

In Byblos in the Late Bronze Age, Marwan Kilani reconstructs the ＂biography＂ of the city of Byblos during the Late Bronze Age. Commonly described simply as a centre for the trade of wood, the city appears here as a dynamic actor involved in multiple aspects of the regional geopolitical reality.
By combining the information provided by written sources and by a fresh reanalysis of the archaeological evidence, the author explores the development of the city during the Late Bronze Age, showing how the evolution of a wide range of geopolitical, economic and ideological factors resulted in periods of prosperity and decline.

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Marwan Kilani, Ph.D. (2017), Oxford University, is a researcher for the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. He has published articles and monographs focusing on the sociocultural interactions between Late Bronze Age Egypt and the Levant.