Amarna Letters from Palestine, Syria, the Philistines and Phoenicia

Akhenaten 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 Empire especially Euphrates evidence excavated fact father fortress Gezer groups half hand Hebrew Hittite important included inscriptions Iron Israelite king known land language late later Megiddo mentioned Middle monuments native ninth northern occupied official organization original Palestine period Philistine Phoenician population possible prince probably Ramesses refers region reign royal seems Semitic settled Shechem ships shows Sidon Sidonian sources southern Syria tablets Tell tenth century texts thirteenth town trade tradition troops twelfth century Tyre Ugarit valley written