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Jericho – a Bedouin Settlement?

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Part 4 of the Series on Jericho (Ariha): A Case of a Diverse Rural Settlement in Late Ottoman Palestine Sarah Büssow At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the British traveler James Silk Buckingham described Jericho as a village with little agriculture. According to Buckingham, it was mainly women and children who engaged in growing onions and various types of grain, whereas the men “roam[ed] the plains on horseback and live[ed] by robbery and plunder” ((Buckingham. 1821. 302)). Buckin...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/12ki1

Author: Sarah Büssow

Language: English

Topic: Ottoman Empire History and Society

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6936749251

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