From Baghdad to London: Unraveling Urban Development in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, 800–1800

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  2013

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  Review of Economics and Statistics

• Publication date

  2013-09-30

• Fields of study

  Geography, Economics, History

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  DOI 10.1162/REST_a_00284
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