ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the
most famous groups in Ancient Near Eastern history, against the backdrop of both Akkadian
imperial intervention and declining environmental conditions during this period. Tracing the
migration of Amorite refugees from agropastoral communities into nearby regions, he shows
how mercenarism in both Mesopotamia and Egypt played a central role in the acquisition of …