BAR Jr.: Five Ways to Defend an Ancient City
"Walk about Zion … number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels … " (Psalms 48:12-13) What distinguished an ancient village or town from a city? One thing, perhaps the most important, was fortifications. Fortifying a settlement reflected the importance attributed...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1983
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The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 1983, Volume: 9, Issue: 2 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | "Walk about Zion … number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels … " (Psalms 48:12-13) What distinguished an ancient village or town from a city? One thing, perhaps the most important, was fortifications. Fortifying a settlement reflected the importance attributed to it; fortifications meant that a settlement was worth defending. […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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