Two years of excavations of an early Bronze Age city uncovered in northern Israel have led to some interesting conclusions. En Esur, as it has been named, was a highly organized community. There were grain silos, burial caves, public buildings, and densely packed housing around a network of streets. Just to give an idea of how well-managed En Esur was: all the streets were maintained with a cover of plaster and stones, to help prevent flooding.
In total, the city of En Esur covered about 160 acres. And it appears to have been home to about 6,000 people. While its population and size were comparable to other Levantine cities at the time, likely making it a regional power city, it was smaller than those in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
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