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Part I - Global developments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Edited by
Benjamin Z. Kedar  and
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Benjamin Z. Kedar
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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The Cambridge World History , pp. 41 - 176
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Print publication year: 2015

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