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Book Title: Age of Coexistence : the Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Ussama Makdisi
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Asia / General, World / Middle Eastern, Middle East / General, Ecumenism & Interfaith
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Religion, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
