Toward a 'Mesopotamian Turn': Disciplinarity and the study of the international relations of the middle east

Journal of Mediterranean Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 47-75

  Valbjørn, Morten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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