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How a Strongman Stays in Power
REVIEW: ‘From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan’ by Suzy Hansen
Mesopotamia Through the Millennia
REVIEW: ‘Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-year History of Iraq’ by Bartle Bull
And the Horses They Rode In On
REVIEW: ‘Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires’ by David Chaffetz