Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC)
This document is formatted for double-sided printing, thus explaining the inclusion of some blank pages. © 2007 Dr. P.J. Furlong Contact email: pj_furlong@yahoo.com.au The chronology of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Near East is currently a topic of intense scholarly debate. The conventional/or...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2008
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39353 |
id |
ftumelbourne:oai:jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au:11343/39353 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftumelbourne:oai:jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au:11343/39353 2023-05-15T16:39:26+02:00 Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) FURLONG, PIERCE JAMES 2008-02-28 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39353 eng eng Furlong, P. J. (2007). Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC). PhD thesis, Centre for Classics & Archaeology, The University of Melbourne. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39353 Terms and Conditions: Copyright in works deposited in Minerva Access is retained by the copyright owner. The work may not be altered without permission from the copyright owner. Readers may only download, print and save electronic copies of whole works for their own personal non-commercial use. Any use that exceeds these limits requires permission from the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from these works. chronology chronological revision ancient Near East History Egypt Assyria Babylonia Mitanni/Hanigalbat Hatti Elam Egyptian New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period High Priests of Amun Shoshenq I Manetho relative chronology absolute chronology Bronze Age collapse Dark Ages El Amarna Letter 15 First Dynasty of Babylon Kassites Second Dynasty of Isin Aramean invasions historical realignment Adad-nirari I/Tudhaliya II Shalmaneser I/Shuppiluliuma I Tukulti-Ninurta I/Murshili II Tiglath-pileser I/Shuppiluliuma II scientific dating dendrochronology radiocarbon dating ice core analysis dating controversies LBA volcanic eruption on Thera/Santorini Syro Palestinian Iron Age ‘high chronology’ versus ‘low chronology’ debate methodology Thomas Kuhn Kuhnian epistemology paradigm theory Old Testament biblical chronology Exodus Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Chronicles chronological overlap United Kingdom Saul David Sea Peoples High Priest Zadok genealogy divided monarchy Shishak/Shoshenq identification archaeology Iron Age Canaan/Palestine stratigraphy PhD thesis 2008 ftumelbourne 2019-10-15T12:09:29Z This document is formatted for double-sided printing, thus explaining the inclusion of some blank pages. © 2007 Dr. P.J. Furlong Contact email: pj_furlong@yahoo.com.au The chronology of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Near East is currently a topic of intense scholarly debate. The conventional/orthodox chronology for this period has been assembled over the past one-two centuries using information from King-lists, royal annals and administrative documents, primarily those from the Great Kingdoms of Egypt, Assyria and Babylonia. This major enterprise has resulted in what can best be described as an extremely complex but little understood jigsaw puzzle composed of a multiplicity of loosely connected data. I argue in my thesis that this conventional chronology is fundamentally wrong, and that Egyptian New Kingdom (Memphite) dates should be lowered by 200 years to match historical actuality. This chronological adjustment is achieved in two stages: first, the removal of precisely 85 years of absolute Assyrian chronology from between the reigns of Shalmaneser II and Ashur-dan II; and second, the downward displacement of Egyptian Memphite dates relative to LBA Assyrian chronology by a further 115 years. Moreover, I rely upon Kuhnian epistemology to structure this alternate chronology so as to make it methodologically superior to the conventional chronology in terms of historical accuracy, precision, consistency and testability. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis ice core The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository Babylon ENVELOPE(12.539,12.539,66.081,66.081) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository |
op_collection_id |
ftumelbourne |
language |
English |
topic |
chronology chronological revision ancient Near East History Egypt Assyria Babylonia Mitanni/Hanigalbat Hatti Elam Egyptian New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period High Priests of Amun Shoshenq I Manetho relative chronology absolute chronology Bronze Age collapse Dark Ages El Amarna Letter 15 First Dynasty of Babylon Kassites Second Dynasty of Isin Aramean invasions historical realignment Adad-nirari I/Tudhaliya II Shalmaneser I/Shuppiluliuma I Tukulti-Ninurta I/Murshili II Tiglath-pileser I/Shuppiluliuma II scientific dating dendrochronology radiocarbon dating ice core analysis dating controversies LBA volcanic eruption on Thera/Santorini Syro Palestinian Iron Age ‘high chronology’ versus ‘low chronology’ debate methodology Thomas Kuhn Kuhnian epistemology paradigm theory Old Testament biblical chronology Exodus Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Chronicles chronological overlap United Kingdom Saul David Sea Peoples High Priest Zadok genealogy divided monarchy Shishak/Shoshenq identification archaeology Iron Age Canaan/Palestine stratigraphy |
spellingShingle |
chronology chronological revision ancient Near East History Egypt Assyria Babylonia Mitanni/Hanigalbat Hatti Elam Egyptian New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period High Priests of Amun Shoshenq I Manetho relative chronology absolute chronology Bronze Age collapse Dark Ages El Amarna Letter 15 First Dynasty of Babylon Kassites Second Dynasty of Isin Aramean invasions historical realignment Adad-nirari I/Tudhaliya II Shalmaneser I/Shuppiluliuma I Tukulti-Ninurta I/Murshili II Tiglath-pileser I/Shuppiluliuma II scientific dating dendrochronology radiocarbon dating ice core analysis dating controversies LBA volcanic eruption on Thera/Santorini Syro Palestinian Iron Age ‘high chronology’ versus ‘low chronology’ debate methodology Thomas Kuhn Kuhnian epistemology paradigm theory Old Testament biblical chronology Exodus Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Chronicles chronological overlap United Kingdom Saul David Sea Peoples High Priest Zadok genealogy divided monarchy Shishak/Shoshenq identification archaeology Iron Age Canaan/Palestine stratigraphy FURLONG, PIERCE JAMES Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) |
topic_facet |
chronology chronological revision ancient Near East History Egypt Assyria Babylonia Mitanni/Hanigalbat Hatti Elam Egyptian New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period High Priests of Amun Shoshenq I Manetho relative chronology absolute chronology Bronze Age collapse Dark Ages El Amarna Letter 15 First Dynasty of Babylon Kassites Second Dynasty of Isin Aramean invasions historical realignment Adad-nirari I/Tudhaliya II Shalmaneser I/Shuppiluliuma I Tukulti-Ninurta I/Murshili II Tiglath-pileser I/Shuppiluliuma II scientific dating dendrochronology radiocarbon dating ice core analysis dating controversies LBA volcanic eruption on Thera/Santorini Syro Palestinian Iron Age ‘high chronology’ versus ‘low chronology’ debate methodology Thomas Kuhn Kuhnian epistemology paradigm theory Old Testament biblical chronology Exodus Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Chronicles chronological overlap United Kingdom Saul David Sea Peoples High Priest Zadok genealogy divided monarchy Shishak/Shoshenq identification archaeology Iron Age Canaan/Palestine stratigraphy |
description |
This document is formatted for double-sided printing, thus explaining the inclusion of some blank pages. © 2007 Dr. P.J. Furlong Contact email: pj_furlong@yahoo.com.au The chronology of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Near East is currently a topic of intense scholarly debate. The conventional/orthodox chronology for this period has been assembled over the past one-two centuries using information from King-lists, royal annals and administrative documents, primarily those from the Great Kingdoms of Egypt, Assyria and Babylonia. This major enterprise has resulted in what can best be described as an extremely complex but little understood jigsaw puzzle composed of a multiplicity of loosely connected data. I argue in my thesis that this conventional chronology is fundamentally wrong, and that Egyptian New Kingdom (Memphite) dates should be lowered by 200 years to match historical actuality. This chronological adjustment is achieved in two stages: first, the removal of precisely 85 years of absolute Assyrian chronology from between the reigns of Shalmaneser II and Ashur-dan II; and second, the downward displacement of Egyptian Memphite dates relative to LBA Assyrian chronology by a further 115 years. Moreover, I rely upon Kuhnian epistemology to structure this alternate chronology so as to make it methodologically superior to the conventional chronology in terms of historical accuracy, precision, consistency and testability. |
format |
Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
author |
FURLONG, PIERCE JAMES |
author_facet |
FURLONG, PIERCE JAMES |
author_sort |
FURLONG, PIERCE JAMES |
title |
Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) |
title_short |
Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) |
title_full |
Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) |
title_fullStr |
Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) |
title_full_unstemmed |
Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC) |
title_sort |
aspects of ancient near eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 bc) |
publishDate |
2008 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39353 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(12.539,12.539,66.081,66.081) |
geographic |
Babylon |
geographic_facet |
Babylon |
genre |
ice core |
genre_facet |
ice core |
op_relation |
Furlong, P. J. (2007). Aspects of ancient Near Eastern chronology (c. 1600-700 BC). PhD thesis, Centre for Classics & Archaeology, The University of Melbourne. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39353 |
op_rights |
Terms and Conditions: Copyright in works deposited in Minerva Access is retained by the copyright owner. The work may not be altered without permission from the copyright owner. Readers may only download, print and save electronic copies of whole works for their own personal non-commercial use. Any use that exceeds these limits requires permission from the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from these works. |
_version_ |
1766029784348884992 |