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Mar 2023
19m 30s

Les stupéfiants au Moyen-Orient: entre i...

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L’ambition du dernier livre de l’historien Jean-Pierre Filiu est de remonter la trame historique du Moyen-Orient sous l’angle de la production et de la consommation des stupéfiants. Un fascinant voyage à travers les siècles, de l’Antiquité jusqu’à l’époque contemporaine, en passant par les Abbassides et les Mamelouks, l’empire ottoman, ou encore l’expéditio ... Show More
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