Hi everyone, we hope you are doing well!! As to provide a space of entertainment and learning, during the following minutes we will first explain the origins of International Relations, from a different perspective of the mainstream approach and then we will move to the Amarna letters.

Authors: Martina Vilafranca, Júlia Rovira and Cristina Saguer

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