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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire
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
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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]
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
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The Damhus Hoard: New Insights Into Some of the Earliest Viking Silver Coinage
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
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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
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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
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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]
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
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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
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The qadis in the Early 'Abbasid Period
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.
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
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
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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment
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
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