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Sedentary and nomadic population during Bronze Age southern Levant: An example of cultural contacts

Bronze Age was a dynamic period in southern Levant history, most commonly recognized as a first great urban period in the area. The influx and the beginning of urbanization, background of the cities, the cities layout and the story of the surrounding area, that is, the centre and the periphery, has been discussed a lot among historians and well documented. The author considers that there is still a question concerning the inhabitants of the cities, and how they coped with the urban life style, that is, were they more connected with the idea of being a city dweller, or were they more connected with the people living outside the cities, the people that inhabited small rural settlements, villages and camps, and also the always present nomadic people of the region. How did those people understand each other and how did they encounter, how did they manage to coexist? Terminology issues and lack of interdisciplinary studies led the author to pursue some analytical methods in order to achieve describing and better understanding of the cultural contacts between nomadic and sedentary populations in the Bronze Age southern Levant.

cultural contacts; nomadic; sedentary; Bronze Age; southern Levant

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