The Balqā revolt: Tribes and early state-building in Transjordan

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-42

  Alon, Yoav ^a  

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EID: 60949940313     PISSN: 00432539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006006776562219     Document Type: Article

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