[see also: Amarna Letters; Habiru and related groups; Philistines and other 'Sea Peoples'; Stele of Merneptah]
The bibliography is divided into two sections as follows:
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Mazar, A., "The Egyptian Garrison Town at Beth-Shean", in S. Bar – D. Kahn – J.J. Shirley (eds.), Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature. Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3-7 May 2009 (CHANE 52; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 155-189.
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Muhly, J. D., "The Crisis Years in the Mediterranean World: Transition or Cultural Disintegration?", in W. A. Ward – M. S. Joukowsky (eds.), The Crisis Years: The 12th Century B.C. from beyond the Danube to the Tigris (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1992) 10-26.
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Naʾaman, N., "Pharaonic Lands in the Jezreel Valley in the Late Bronze Age", in M. Heltzer – E. Lipiński (eds.), Society and Economy in the Eastern Mediterranean (c. 1500–1000 B.C.). Proceedings of the International Symposium held at the University of Haifa from the 28th of April to the 2nd of May 1985 (OLA 23; Leuven: Peeters, 1988) 177-185. Reprinted in his Canaan in the Second Millennium... (2005) 232-241 (see below).
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