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| − | Arad was a town in ancient Canaan. It is one of the best preserved sites of the time period of about 3300 - 1950 BCE. Arad was a town surrounded by a defensive wall that showed how prepared these people were if an attack came. Later, people built around two or three other walls inside the main walls for even more fortification. This shows that this was probably not a very peaceful period. Later, people built around two or three other walls inside the main walls for even more fortification. Citizens of Arad lived inside the city walls in houses made closely together surrounding a courtyard. Also, there wasn't a marking for the differences in wealth, or social class; however, it did exist in Arad. The focal point of community life were the only public buildings in the town, small temples. Most every building was made from a rectangular base and it was made with mud brick. In addition, lots of technological advancements were starting to be used regularly during that time, such as: the potters wheel, firing wares, and copper weapons.
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