This project examines the role of nomadic pastoralists in the role of state formation in the Middle East, and specifically in the ancient polity of Moab in Central Jordan. Ethnographic studies are the primary sources for understanding the power relationship between nomadic and settled populations, and these studies provide the framework for understanding social inequality in Moab during the Iron Ag
This study's goal was to describe and analyze the ways of life and culture among Palestinian Bedouin...
Why is tribalism sustained in Jordan? To answer the question, this thesis examines the role of triba...
The second of four issues, this volume covers social history in the Middle East. Contributors includ...
Tribes and State Formation is the first effort to bring together the disciplines of history, anthrop...
Between 1200 BCE - 400 CE, the Levant was situated in the shadow of powerful ancient empires - Egypt...
The present dissertation describes and analyses the growth of the 'Arab al-Hjerat from a small short...
This paper analyzes the lifestyle of Bedouin tribes in Arabia prior to the rise of Islam. It looks c...
Agricultural settlement projects have been the main Jordanian strategy to settle the nomads. This st...
This thesis is a study of discourses of contemporary Bedouin identity and political economy in centr...
Throughout history and up to the present day, tribalism continues to influence many issues related t...
Archaeological surveys in the southern Levant have traditionally focused on areas with favorable cli...
This dissertation examines the appearance of Edomite identity as reflected in the mortuary archaeolo...
This is a study of the economic and political organization of the Shahsavan, nomadic and semi-nomadi...
The extensification of agricultural systems into marginal lands is a common response to environmenta...
Most of the recent studies on the southern Jordan Bedouins portray the Bedouins as being resistant t...
This study's goal was to describe and analyze the ways of life and culture among Palestinian Bedouin...
Why is tribalism sustained in Jordan? To answer the question, this thesis examines the role of triba...
The second of four issues, this volume covers social history in the Middle East. Contributors includ...
Tribes and State Formation is the first effort to bring together the disciplines of history, anthrop...
Between 1200 BCE - 400 CE, the Levant was situated in the shadow of powerful ancient empires - Egypt...
The present dissertation describes and analyses the growth of the 'Arab al-Hjerat from a small short...
This paper analyzes the lifestyle of Bedouin tribes in Arabia prior to the rise of Islam. It looks c...
Agricultural settlement projects have been the main Jordanian strategy to settle the nomads. This st...
This thesis is a study of discourses of contemporary Bedouin identity and political economy in centr...
Throughout history and up to the present day, tribalism continues to influence many issues related t...
Archaeological surveys in the southern Levant have traditionally focused on areas with favorable cli...
This dissertation examines the appearance of Edomite identity as reflected in the mortuary archaeolo...
This is a study of the economic and political organization of the Shahsavan, nomadic and semi-nomadi...
The extensification of agricultural systems into marginal lands is a common response to environmenta...
Most of the recent studies on the southern Jordan Bedouins portray the Bedouins as being resistant t...
This study's goal was to describe and analyze the ways of life and culture among Palestinian Bedouin...
Why is tribalism sustained in Jordan? To answer the question, this thesis examines the role of triba...
The second of four issues, this volume covers social history in the Middle East. Contributors includ...