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Erlich, Haggai: Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia: Islam, Christianity and Politics Entwined.(Book review)
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History: Review of New Books
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September 22, 2007| Author:
Hassner, Ron E.
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Erlich, Haggai Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia: Islam, Christianity and Politics Entwined Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner 249 pp., $49.95, ISBN 978-1-58826-493-0 Publication Date: December 2006
Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia is Haggai Erlich's seventh foray into Ethiopian politics and history. In prior volumes, Erlich, professor emeritus of Middle East and African history at Tel Aviv University, focused on relations between Ethiopia and its neighbors to the north, Egypt and Sudan, and t...
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