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The long diverfence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East by Timur Kuran

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This is a critical evaluation of the book entitled The Long Divergence:How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East by Timur Kuran.

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  • Islahi, Abdul Azim, 2012. "The long diverfence: how Islamic law held back the Middle East by Timur Kuran," MPRA Paper 40877, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
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    1. Islahi, Abdul Azim, 2006. "The emergence of mercantilism as a reaction against Muslim power: some of the evidences from history," MPRA Paper 18384, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 18 Feb 2007.
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    1. Islahi, Abdul Azim, 2014. "What Did Hold Back the Middle East? The Thesis of The Long Divergence Revisited," MPRA Paper 75263, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2015.

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    Keywords

    Economic History of Middle East; Ottoman Economic History; Decadence of Muslim East;
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    JEL classification:

    • P00 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General - - - General
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
    • N95 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Asia including Middle East
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies

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