Mountain Peoples in the Ancient Near East

Balatti, Silvia

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“… Sam 13:6; 22:1; 23:14,29;; Jer 4:29; Ezek 7:16. Downloaded from Brill.com03/27/2023 04:18:40AM via free access…”

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Environmental Determinism and Mountain Identities in Judith

Economou

2023

J. Study Jud.

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This article argues that the book of Judith seeks to define the Jews as a “mountain people.” It suggests that Judith advances this idea through numerous direct statements by prominent characters, particularly Achior during his speech at Jdt 5:5–21, and by redrawing the boundaries of Judea to correspond with the Judean and Samarian hill country. The article further argues, following a consideration of environmental determinism in ancient Greek sources and depictions of mountain peoples in Ancient Near Eastern art, that this definition is used by the author to characterise the Jews as a strong, fierce, and intimidating people as part of its wider discourse on Jewish ethnic identity.

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Environmental Determinism and Mountain Identities in Judith

Economou

2023

J. Study Jud.

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The Achaemenid Empire

Wiesehöfer¹

2021

A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire

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Between Cereal Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Millet in the Early Economy of the North Pontic Region

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Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) was first domesticated in China and dispersed westward via Central Asia in the 3rd millennium BC, reaching Europe in the 2nd millennium BC. North of the Black Sea, the North Pontic steppe and forest-steppe areas are key regions for understanding the westward dispersal of millet, as evidenced by the earliest direct radiocarbon dates on European millet grains, which we present here. Examining various lines of evidence relevant to crop cultivation, animal husbandry, contacts and lifestyles, we explore the regional dynamics of the adoption of millet, broadening knowledge about past subsistence strategies related to the ‘millet farmers/consumers’ who inhabited the northern Black Sea region during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Our re-evaluation of crop evidence contributes to ongoing discussions on the mobility of prehistoric communities in the Eurasian steppe and forest-steppe—for instance, on whether millet was linked to full-time mobile pastoralists, who occasionally grew or only consumed it, or whether it was linked to sedentary farmers and cattle herders who regularly cultivated millet, among other crops. From the Bronze Age to the Late Antique, this crop is attested under different socio-cultural conditions that suggest it was adaptable to stockbreeding and the natural environment and consumed since the mid 2nd millennium BC in the northern Black Sea region.

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Mountain Peoples in the Ancient Near East

Cited by 9 publications

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Environmental Determinism and Mountain Identities in Judith

Environmental Determinism and Mountain Identities in Judith

The Achaemenid Empire

Between Cereal Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Millet in the Early Economy of the North Pontic Region

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