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Jerusalem in the Iron Age: Archaeology and Text; Reality and Myth

Israel Finkelstein Katharina Galor ; Gideon Avni

Unearthing Jerusalem, 2011, p.189

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Jerusalem in the Iron Age: Archaeology and Text; Reality and Myth
Autor: Israel Finkelstein
Katharina Galor ; Gideon Avni
Assuntos: Ancient history: to c 500 CE
É parte de: Unearthing Jerusalem, 2011, p.189
Descrição: Being part of western thinking, most archaeologists take the importance of Jerusalem for granted. But the fact that Jerusalem grew into great dominance is an anomaly. The city is located in a remote corner of the Levant—a rugged mountainous region surrounded on two sides by arid zones and itself poor in rainfall and exposed to regular droughts. Economically, it has almost nothing to offer compared to other regions in the Levant, at least those located west of the Jordan; it is situated far from ports, international roads or even routes of national importance. Conventional wisdom has linked the importance
Editor: United States: Penn State University Press
Idioma: Inglês

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