Ian J. Bickerton
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BIOGRAPHY
Associate Professor in History, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Coauthor of A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and others.
Primary Contributions (2)
Jordan, Arab country of Southwest Asia, in the rocky desert of the northern Arabian Peninsula. Jordan is a young state that occupies an ancient land, one that bears the traces of many civilizations. Separated from ancient Palestine by the Jordan River, the region played a prominent role in biblical…
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