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The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: a Reassessment

James M. Weinstein
- 24 Jan 1981 - 
- Vol. 241, Iss: 241, pp 1-28
TLDR
In this paper, Albright expressed this viewpoint clearly in his classic work, The Archaeology of Palestine: the beginning of the Late Bronze Age witnessed the rise of the Egyptian empire in Western Asia.
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The beginning of the Late Bronze Age witnessed the rise of the Egyptian empire in Western Asia. Much has been written about the Palestinian segment of this empire, with Egyptian control in this area often being seen as a more or less continuous military, political, and economic domination throughout the Late Bronze Age. W. F. Albright expressed this viewpoint clearly in his classic work, The Archaeology of Palestine:

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Climate Changes during the Holocene and their Impact on Hydrological Systems

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The rise of secondary states in the iron age levant

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Absolute Chronology of Megiddo, Israel, in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages: High-Resolution Radiocarbon Dating

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Writing as Material Practice

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The Cambridge ancient history.

TL;DR: The Fifth Century (covering in effect 478-404 B.C.) is a substantial book and a reviewer who has read it from cover to cover (ineluctably, but with a faint sense of absurdity, for what normal reader will do the same?) harbours the uncomfortable conviction that it is now time to begin again, like painting the Forth Bridge as discussed by the authors.