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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

توظيف نظرية التحقيب في فهم التاريخ المحلي نجد أنموذجاً (1-1139ه/622-1727م) Employing the Theory of Periodization to Understand Local History Najd as a Model (1-1139 AH/622-1727 AD) [PDF]

open access: yesMaǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut
يتناول هذا البحث تاريخ نجد منذ العصر النبوي حتى تأسيس الدولة السعودية، من خلال توظيف نظرية التحقيب التاريخي في فهم التاريخ المحلي، واتخاذ نجد أنموذجًا (1–1139هـ/622–1727م) لتقسيم هذه الفترة إلى حقب زمنية متميزة، لكل منها سماتها السياسية والاجتماعية ...
أحمد بن عبدالله الرسي
doaj   +1 more source

The Damhus Hoard: New Insights Into Some of the Earliest Viking Silver Coinage

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2018, a hoard totalling 266 silver Viking Age coins was discovered near Damhus, south of Ribe (Denmark). The coins belong to the early ninth‐century ‘KG 4’ series, with the vast majority, 262 coins, identified as having Face/Forward Looking Deer on the obverse/reverse.
Thomas Birch   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical factors affecting the luster and shine development in Islamic metallic luster between (9-15) AD

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2021
Islamic metallic luster is one of the historical Islamic ceramic techniques that appeared in some Islamic states in periods of the century (9-15) AD, it appeared at first in Iraq, then in Egypt, then in Syria and Iran, then in Andalusia (currently Spain),
Nawal Ahmed Ibrahem Khedre
doaj   +1 more source

The Coptic Church in the Aftermath of the Second Vatican Council: Theological or Tactical Anti‐Judaism?

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 667-685, July 2026.
Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the role of religious attitudes in formation and development of Isfahan from Abbasids to the end of the kingdom of Saljuq era (750-1198) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش های تاریخی, 2014
Religion and religious beliefs are the main elements in the formation of Islamic cities. The architecture of mosques, tombs and religious schools is the manifest of these elements.
A Taghavi, M Golabi, B Asghari
doaj  

Gender Non‐Conformity in Islamic Studies and Muslim Communities Across Times and Theoretical Frameworks

open access: yesSociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines gender diversity in Islamicate societies across historical and contemporary contexts, emphasizing the interplay between social norms, religious frameworks, and structural power. It addresses the methodological challenge of avoiding anachronistic applications of modern categories such as “gender” and “sexuality” to Muslim ...
Vanja Hamzić
wiley   +1 more source

The qadis in the Early 'Abbasid Period

open access: yesBulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, 1989
Under the 'Abbasid dynasty, qadis in Kufa differed from those in Medina in their origin, personal connections and scholastic tendencies. In Kufa, the influence of Ibrahim Nakha'i, Ibn Abi Layla and Abu Hanifa was strong, and their relatives and disciples assumed the post of gadis.
openaire   +2 more sources

The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 377-398, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the adoption of irrigation agriculture during the preindustrial period is a predictor of contemporary cross‐country variation in women's political empowerment. Countries whose populations historically relied on irrigation agriculture as their primary subsistence mode tend to ...
Roberto Ezcurra
wiley   +1 more source

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