Religious Syncretism and Control Over the Territory: Pharaohs in Southern Levant During the Late Bronze Age
Religious Syncretism and Control Over the Territory: Pharaohs in Southern Levant During the Late Bronze Age

Summary/Abstract: Egyptian domination on the territories of Southern Levant during the Late Bronze Age brought the conquerors to maintain close contacts with the local population. Among other techniques of domination, the Pharaohs made massive use of political and religious propaganda. The identification of some divinities of the Egyptian and Palestinian Pantheons enabled both populations to share the same places of worship, which promoted contact with local communities and made integration and life together possible. This cultural entanglement operation had both ideological and functional goals. Palestinian shrines and temples became multifunctional centers well integrated into the socio-cultural context, used as the centers for the collection of taxes imposed by the Egyptian rulers.

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