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'Middle Bronze Age cities represent a peak in Palestinian culture'. Discuss.  

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'Middle Bronze Age cities represent a peak in Palestinian culture'. Discuss. (Apologies for the halted English. However, all the information is correct and the essay was marked 62%) 1. A true statement? I will need to describe the whole of the MB-period and the periods before and after it, to be able to verify the truth of the above mentioned statement. 2. The EB.MB-period (2300/2250-2000 BC) 2.a. Settlement pattern. Several small settlements are found in the marginal zones in the Jordan Valley and the Negev desert, whereas very few settlements are found in the coastal areas of Palestine. A peculiar feature is the habitation of the arid regions in Transjordan, Negev and Sinai. The tells from the EBA are mainly abandoned or used in smaller permanently unwalled villages. 2.b. Pottery and metallurgy The potteries are found to be in two distinctive phases, where the second appears to include some new shapes and a better quality...

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