TY - BOOK AU - Gilboa,Ayelet AU - Yasur-Landau,Assaf TI - Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages: Studies in Honor of Michal Artzy T2 - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East SN - 9789004430112 AV - D58 U1 - 939 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Leiden; , Boston PB - BRILL, KW - History, Ancient N2 - Three millennia of cross-Mediterranean bonds are revealed by the 18 expert summaries in this book—from the dawn of the Bronze Age to the budding of Hellenization. An international team of acclaimed specialists in their fields—archaeologists, historians, geomorphologists, and metallurgists—shed light on a plethora of aspects associated with travelling this age-old sea and its periphery: environmental factors; the formation of harbors; gateways; commodities; the crucial role of metals; cultural impact; and the way to interpret the agents such as Canaanites, "Sea Peoples," Phoenicians, and pirates. The book will engage any student of the Old World in the 3000 years before the Common Era UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004430112 ER -