William C Young, William C. Young - The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors - Explaining the Non-Human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 1

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William C Young, William C. Young

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors - Explaining the Non-Human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 1

English · Hardback

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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.

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Authors William C Young, William C. Young
Publisher Brill
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.03.2024
 
EAN 9789004690363
ISBN 978-90-04-69036-3
No. of pages 560
Series Handbook of Oriental Studies.
Subject Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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