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Planting of Pines and Publics: Retracing the Steps of Fakhr al-Din II from Beirut to Florence
Planting of Pines and Publics: Retracing the Steps of Fakhr al-Din II from Beirut to Florence
Hodson 210 Lecture by Sasha Tycko and Peter Habib. The 16th/17th-century Druze emir, Fakhr al-Din II, who is regarded as the founder of modern Lebanon, defied Ottoman authorities and was forced into exile with the Medici family in Florence. While in Tuscany, al-Din studied Italian political and social technology, which included forestry, and, upon his […]
