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The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 - The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Maristella Botticini
The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 - The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Maristella Botticini
In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The
344 pages, 4 line illus. 29 tables. 11 maps.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 12, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691163512 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 344 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 232 × 23 mm · 534 g |
| Language | English |