The Beginning of The Middle Bronze Age, Ebla Sequence and the Regional Periodization

Traditionally, the passage from the third to second millennium BC, was marked by the collapse of the early Bronze Age system, many sites were abandoned/destroyed in the last centuries of the third millennium BC. The reason of that collapse is still one of the most debated issues in the last years, In particular the rise of the Amorites and their origins. This paper will deals with transition period from the third to the second millennium BC. Illustrating the transformation of the material culture from early to middle Bronze Age and how the early middle Bronze Age societies used the pre-existing traditions in their regeneration process.