ah , ▁Am mon , ▁Mo ab ▁and ▁Ed om ▁as ▁" eth nic ▁states ": ▁" Pol it ics ▁integrated ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁identity , ▁especially ▁eth nic ity , ▁which ▁are ▁territorial ly ▁based ... ▁they ▁are ▁novel ▁and ▁histor ically ▁cont ing ent ▁political ▁systems ▁which ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁Lev ant ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁mill en ni um ▁B CE ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁confl u ence ▁of ▁several ▁factors , ▁not ▁least ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁imperial ▁dom ination ▁and ▁the ▁long standing ▁city - state ▁system ." ▁ ▁Books ▁ ▁S ett lement ▁and ▁society ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁I ▁and ▁II , ▁southern ▁Lev ant ▁: ▁compl ent ar ity ▁and ▁contradiction ▁in ▁a ▁small - scale ▁complex ▁society , ▁She ff ield ▁Academ ic ▁Press , ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁ ▁Religion , ▁Polit ics , ▁and ▁the ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁Palest ine ▁Ref uge e ▁Rel ief , ▁Pal gra ve ▁Mac mill an , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 5 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Newton , ▁Massachusetts ▁Category : American ▁arch ae olog ists ▁Category : C orn ell ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Arizona ▁al umn i ▁Category : J ew ish ▁histor ians ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : State ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁at ▁P urchase ▁fac ulty ▁Category : P en nsylvan ia ▁State ▁University ▁fac ulty ▁Category : B oston