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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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a system that is BASED ON CERTAIN RULES. The pastoralists provide animal protein and leather,
while the settled population provides cereals and other agricultural products.
Cereals form the basis of the diet of traditional societies, including those of nomadic herders.
Without these grains, the bedouins would not be able to continue their nomadic way of life.
If -- for whatever reason -- the exchange system collapses or becomes impossible, the bedouin would be forced to produce their own grain.
But in order to do so, they would first have to settle down.
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