Levant

ISBN: 9781842178331
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 13
The natural arc of resource-rich land which forms the ‘Fertile Crescent’ of South-West Asia is regarded as the earliest centre of village-based farming in the world and has been the focus of much of our understanding o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842174739
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 11
The Jordanian badia is an arid region that has been largely protected from modern development by its extreme climate and has preserved a remarkably rich record of its prehistoric past. This is the second of two volumes to document... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004236097
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This is a detailed report on one of the most important Natufian sites to have emerged in the past thirty years and an integrated analysis and interpretation of subsistence strategies, settlement patterns and ritual life in one of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521124133
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book provides an introduction to the archaeology and history of ancient Palestine - modern Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories - from the destruction of Solomon's temple in 586 BCE to the Muslim conquest in 640 CE.... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199663088
Published by : Oxford University Press
In 1947 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. This handbook seeks to probe the main disputed issues in their study. Lively debate continues over the archaeology and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780957106000
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Since Antiquity the natural pearls of the Gulf have been famed as the finest, most lustrous and most plentiful that the world can offer. From the beginnings of trade until the 1930s, these pearls were a major product of the Gulf's coastal peoples.... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780957023314
Published by : Medina Publishing
The Nabataeans were ancient peoples of Arabia, whose civilization was headquartered at Petra, 'the rose red city half as old as time'. Their loosely controlled trading network covered the borderland between Syria and Arabia, from ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780955889493
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ships based in North African ports terrorized Europea... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780567032164
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
Our understanding of the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Israelites has changed considerably in recent years. It is now increasingly accepted among scholars that the biblical presentation of Israelite religion is often at odds wi... .... Learn More