La política desde abajo en la Siria-Palestina de la Edad del Bronce Tardío

EMANUEL PFOH

Antiguo Oriente. Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente

UCA

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2014 vol. 12 p. 105 - 121

1667-9202

During most of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1200 BCE) Syria-Palestine was occupied and ruled by foreign powers: Egypt in its southern part, Ḫatti and Mitanni in its northern part. In a situation as such, having the foreign political hegemony marking the pace of inner socio-political dynamics, it is possible to wonder whether there were actual instances of political resistance and maneuvering ?from below? in the petty kingdoms of the Levant. Politics from below can in fact be detected in the textual-epigraphic data from the period. This paper offers an analysis of these local political dynamics faced to foreign rule, also sketching a basic political anthropology of the region.