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Ancient Israel/ Canaan



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Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:02 am
luverly says...



I'm looking especially for;
-types of foods that were common
-clothing descriptions
- ways of earning a livelihood
- types of homes (building materials, size etc.)



I'd really appreciate it if you had any information whatsoever.
  





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Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:11 pm
kris says...



I can't tell you much about what they wore, but since semitic people have traditionally been herders, I'd say things made from wool.
Food - wheat,fish and lamb.
Building materials, Israel has very few trees and homes are made mainly from stone and mud bricks.
Livelihoods? Erm...Whatever is needed to make a cohesive society: Farmers, herders, builders, potters, carpenters, scribes, priests, bakers, administrators, fishermen, shipwrights, soldiers etc etc
  








I say Wolf, for all wolves are not of the same sort; there is one kind with an amenable disposition – neither noisy, nor hateful, nor angry, but tame, obliging and gentle, following the young maids in the streets, even into their homes. Alas! Who does not know that these gentle wolves are of all such creatures the most dangerous!
— Charles Perrault