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Beersheba has changed from a small agricultural settlement in pre-Biblical times to a city of importance in modern Israel. The wells and fertile loess soils of the Beersheba Basin have been utilized by all who have occupied the area. From 3300 B.C. to the present, Beersheba has functioned as an oasis, market town, military center, transportation node, and as a traditional gathering place for the Bedouin tribes of the Negev, Israel's southern desert. In 1900, the Ottoman Turks initiated the modern development of Beersheba. After World War I, the British administered the area as part of the Palestine Mandate. With the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the city began to grow rapidly. In the early 1960′s, Beersheba had a population of over 52,000. It functions as the capital of a region containing over two-thirds of the national area. © 1965, Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved.

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