Dynastic Centres in Europe and Asia : A Layout for Comparison [PDF]
In this paper, I seek to prepare the way for a comparative analysis of dynastic centres in Europe and Asia. This is a timely challenge, following trends in European historiography stressing the persistence of household structures and ritual at the heart ...
Duindam, Jeroen
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Early Islamic glass (7th- 10th centuries AD) in Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: A microcosm of a globalised industry in the early 'Abbasid period. [PDF]
Siu I +8 more
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Passion and Conflict: Medieval Islamic Views of the West
This article analyzes the representation of al-Andalus and North Africa in medieval Islamic maps from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. In contrast to other maps of the Mediterranean, which display a veneer of harmony and balance, the image of the
Pinto, Karen C.
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The seminars entitled Palaeography Between East & West, which I convened at Sapienza University, aimed at offering a forum, a place of sharing knowledge and debate, to scholars who deal with manuscript materials in various languages and alphabets ...
D'Ottone, Arianna
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Trajectories in the Development of Islamic Theological Thought: the Synthesis of Kalam [PDF]
The field of Islamic theology (kalam) is not merely a receptacle for the presentation of the creedal statements and doctrinal catechisms of Islam; it derives its raison d’être not only from the articulation and elucidation of the doctrines of faith, but ...
Shah, Mustafa
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Unprecedented yet gradual nature of first millennium CE intercontinental crop plant dispersal revealed in ancient Negev desert refuse. [PDF]
Fuks D +6 more
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Political Instrumentalisation of Islam, Persistent Autocracies, and Obscurantist Deadlock [PDF]
The empirical literature has established a strong link between the fact of being a Muslim-dominated country and indicators of political performance and democracy. This suggests the possible existence of a relation between religion, Islam in this instance,
Jean-Philippe Platteau
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The Sharma horizon: sgraffiato wares and other glazed ceramics of the Indian Ocean trade (ca 980-1150). [PDF]
International audienceSharma was one of the main ports of the Indian Ocean trade in the medieval period, a transit entrepôt connected with the networks of the Gulf merchants and dated ca 980-1150.
Rougeulle, Axelle
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Drought as a possible contributor to the Visigothic Kingdom crisis and Islamic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula. [PDF]
Camuera J +7 more
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A MEDIEVAL TRADE ENTREPÔT AT KHOR RORI ?
THE STUDY OF THE ISLAMIC CERAMICS FROM AL-HAMR AL-SHARQIYA [PDF]
In the course of the excavations at Khor Rori in Dhofar, ancient Sumhuram, the Italian Mission to Oman directed by A. Avanzini opened some soundings in a small site located on top of al-Hamr al-Sharqiya, a small rocky plateau at the mouth of the Wâdî ...
Rougeulle, Axelle
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