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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman +3 more
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The value and prestige of the 15th century Glagolitic books
, 1987 Autor prati hrvatskoglagoljske kodekse iz 15. stoljeća, u prvom redu misale i brevijare. Težište stavlja na njihovu novčanu vrijednost i nastoji na temelju suvremenih dokumenata odrediti njihovu prosječnu cijenu. Ističe da su rukopisni glagoljski kodeksi
Petar Runje, Runje, Petar
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud +4 more
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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Imperial and Colonial Encounters: Some Reflections
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2005 Sanjay Subrahmanyam
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El empréstito en la Sevilla Bajomedieval
Historia. Instituciones. Documentos, 2009 The population of Seville was obliged to lend money to the Castilian monarchy throughout the 14th and 15th centuries and during the early part of the 16th century.
Antonio Collantes de Terán Sánchez
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, 2006 A remarkable 15th-century Netherlandish altarpiece acquired by the 15th Duke of Norfolk in 1886 has gone on show at Arundel Castle, following a restoration that has revealed its original painted decoration.
Woods, Kim
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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A Florentine ‘polyalphabetic’ cipher in the 15th century
The 15th century in Italy was a period of revolution in cryptography. Leon Battista Alberti developed the first western polyalphabetic cipher, while the monoalphabetic system spread throughout the peninsula.
Vito, Marco
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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