The Amarna Letters from Palestine ; Syria, the Philistines, and Phoenicia

Akkadian Albright already Amarna Letters Amenophis Anatolia Apiru appears Aramaeans Aramaic Ashur-dan II Assyrian Babylonia become beginning belong Bronze Age Bull Byblos called Canaanite caravan century B.c. CHAPTER chief chronology clear coast contemporary continued Damascus derived documents earlier early eastern Egypt Egyptian eighth eleventh especially Euphrates evidence excavated fact father fortress Gezer groups half hand Hebrew Hittite important included Indo-Aryan inscriptions Iron Israelite king known Labaya land language late later mean Megiddo mentioned Middle monuments native ninth northern occupied official organization original Palestine period Philistine Phoenician population possible prince probably Ramesses refers region reign seems Semitic settled Shechem ships shows Sidon Sidonian sources southern Syria tablets Tell tenth century texts thirteenth tion town trade tradition troops twelfth Tyre Ugarit valley written