Adobe is shaped into bricks that are laid one on top of another and used as a low cost way to build walls and houses.

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So what is this radical new idea that shaped a culture and enabled its survival into later antiquity and really right into the present day in some form?

到底什么观点造,造就了这种文化,并使犹太人在后来幸存下来呢？

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This way the adobe can be shaped into bricks of the desired size.

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Then the powder is formed into pellets and shaped into pots.

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The mixture is shaped into a cone and then fired.

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