- Religion and politics, Middle east, religion, Middle east, history
"Over the course of his professional career, Bernard Lewis has proven himself as a scholar learned in a number of languages, who has interpreted Islam, the Ottoman Empire, and the modern Middle East for the West.
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About the book
- Author
- Bernard Lewis
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 438
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Weidenfeld & Nicholson history, Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195182538
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