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11 juin 2014
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifpo.4890
- isbn: 9782351593783
- eisbn: 9782351594384
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Stephen Bourke, « The Period of Small Cities. The Middle Bronze Age (ca 2000-1500 BC) », Presses de l’Ifpo, ID : 10.4000/books.ifpo.4890
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The Middle Bronze Age (MBA) marks the beginning of the second urban phase in Jordan. During the Middle Bronze Age I period, between 2000-1800 BCE, initially small (less than one hectare) village settlements spread south down the Jordan Valley to the Zarqa fan, and along the north Jordan uplands as far south as Amman. In areas where reliable water, good agricultural land and strategic position promoted settlement expansion, villages grew rapidly into 5-10 hectare townships between 1800-1650 B...