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	Research Outline and Project Members THIS RESEARCH is to be carried out in the Bishri region in North-East Syria. The region is said to have been the primary homeland of the builders of ancient civilizations of West Asia such as the Assyrians and Babylonians. The research aims to clarify how nomadic tribal communities were formed in the region and how they contributed to the formation of the agriculture-based urban societies in the region.   Members of the Project   Director: Katsuhiko OHNUMA （Professor, Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq, Kokushikan University)　　 　 　 Co-Researcher: Isamu ONO (Technical Assistant, School of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University) Shogo KUME (Research Fellow, Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq, Kokushikan University) Atsunori HASEGAWA (Post Doctoral Fellow, Japan Society of the Promotion of Science) Chie AKASHI　(Doctoral Student, Waseda University)
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