A history of the Arab peoples 1991
By Albert Habib Hourani, Albert Hourani, Albert Hourani, Malise Ruthven, Kamāl Khūlī, Anṭwān Ibn Nawfal, Hourani, Yehoshua Frenkel, Dan Sagir, ANIBAL LEAL FERNANDEZ
- Arab countries, Historia, History, open_syllabus_project
Encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, this fascinating work chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of Arab history through 13 centuries.
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Earnest, epic, cool and classical in form.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Albert Habib Hourani, Albert Hourani, Albert Hourani, Malise Ruthven, Kamāl Khūlī, Anṭwān Ibn Nawfal, Hourani, Yehoshua Frenkel, Dan Sagir, ANIBAL LEAL FERNANDEZ
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 624
- Publisher
- Belknap Press, Brand: Ediciones B, VERGARA (SELLO)
- Editions
- 36
- Language
- Spanish, Arabic, English, French
- ISBN
- 9782020135320
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