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The Plant Journal, Volume 116, Issue 6, Page 1667-1680, December 2023., 2023 SUMMARY Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is an important Solanaceous crop, widely cultivated and consumed in Asia, the Mediterranean basin, and Southeast Europe. Its domestication centers and migration and diversification routes are still a matter of debate. We report the largest georeferenced and genotyped collection to this date for eggplant and its wild
Lorenzo Barchi +23 more
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Obesity from a sign of being rich to a disease of the new age: A historical review
Health Science Reports, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Background and Objective Obesity has historically been seen as a sign of wealth and social privilege, as can be inferred from studying the ancient works. We aimed to report the causes, diagnostic approaches, and treatment among the authentic books of traditional Iranian medicine.
Somayeh Marghoub +5 more
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An ʿAqaba/Ayla‐type amphora in the sultanate of Oman
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 119-127, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Antique trade amphorae illuminate a little understood but important find category for Arabia, still in the twilight of publication. Most of the find data lie buried in unpublished work regarding recent excavations at ʿAqaba/Ayla. Recent research has verified mineralogically the origin of these documents and their dating.
Paul A. Yule
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Art History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 714-748, September 2023., 2023 The most remarkable feature of the Hammelburg Mahzor, a fourteenth‐century German High Holiday book, is the inclusion of zoocephalic figures: humans with beastly heads. The purpose of this essay is to explore the semiotics and phenomenology of this specifically Jewish visual idiom, and to suggest that its presence lies at the intersection of language ...
Elina Gertsman
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Telling the Truth About Empire? A Word on Methodology
Australian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 69, Issue 3, Page 463-480, September 2023., 2023 Empire/imperialism are terms that re‐emerge with patterned frequency. Claims that the Australia United Kingdom and United States agreement is imperial, that an Australian empire exists, or that coloniality continues after the end of formal colonialism are all made without connecting colonialism, settler‐colonialism, coloniality, or sub‐imperialism to ...
April R. Biccum
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The politics of street names: Reconstructing Iran’s collective identity
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 122-143, September 2023., 2023 Abstract With the radical political change in 1979, Iran's revolutionary state assumed the responsibility of re‐rewriting the past history to forge a new sense of belonging, a particularly collective religious (Shia) identity. It launched a complex process of forgetting and remembering to first eliminate the national (Persian), non‐religious memories ...
Ehsan Kashfi
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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 430-458, August 2023., 2023 The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Grigori Simeonov
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The Effective Reasons for the Rise and fall of Abbasids State
, 2016 Bani Abbas were the descendants of Muhammad's uncle Abbas. They used this dependence to the prophethood family well in order to achieve power and managed more than five centuries of Muslim rule as his successor.
A. Giv
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Archaeological Geology of Jurash, ʿAsīr Province, Southwestern Saudi Arabia
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Jurash archaeological site is located on Wādī Bīshah near the city of Khamīs Mushayt in southwestern Saudi Arabia. It has a fort and other remains from the pre‐Islamic period (third century bc to early seventh century ad) and a settlement with two mosques from the Early Islamic period (early seventh to early 11th centuries ad).
James A. Harrell
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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