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Adapting to New Contexts. Cuneiform in Anatolia [PDF]

, 2011
This article focuses on cuneiform and scribal education in Anatolia. It attempts to trace some of the developments in the corpus of knowledge and training when it let the confines of its initial area of relevance and was received in Anatolia by the ...
Weeden, Mark
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The Stoicism of Śāntideva: Comparisons between Stoic and Buddhist philosophy

Theoria, Volume 90, Issue 4, Page 377-399, August 2024.
Abstract Recently, due to various geopolitical events, a movement for 'decolonisation' has taken shape. In essence, this movements seeks to right the wrongs of Western colonialism. This desire has been expressed in many diverse ways depending on the context.
Lee Clarke
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Resistance in a \u27Culture of Permission:\u27 Sociological Readings of the Correspondence with Persian Authorities in Ezra 1-7

, 1996
The first six chapters of the book of Ezra center around an alleged correspondence between the Persian Emporer\u27s court and the local authorities of Palestine under Persian rule.
Smith-Christopher, Daniel L.
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Iran or Persia : what's in a name, the decline and fall of a tourism industry? [PDF]

, 2010
The future of tourism in Iran depends on the tenor of the government, whether it be Islamic traditionalist or Islamic liberalist. In Iran religion and politics are inescapably intertwined and inseparable, with the priority of religion over politics. This
Baum, T.G., O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Blank slate: squares and political order of city [PDF]

, 2016
This paper aims to analyze the square beyond an architectural element in the city, but weaves this blank slate, with its contemporary socio political atmosphere as a new paradigm.
Mehan, Asma
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The Fire Cult During the Achaemenid Period

Anadolu Araştırmaları
This study examines the sacredness of fire, temple structures, cult, and the relationship between fire temples and the cult of Anāhitā during the Achaemenid Kingdom period.
Elif Hatice İlkkurşun
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Ex occidente imperium : Alexander the Great and the rise of the Maurya empire [PDF]

, 2015
Since the nineteenth century, many authors have seen the campaign of Alexander the Great in the Punjab as a pivotal moment in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
Fauconnier, Bram
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The Achaemenid Religion

La lettre du Collège de France, 2015
In autumn 2013, the Chair of Indo-Iranian Languages and Religions organized a symposium on the Achaemenid religion, in collaboration with Pierre Briant and Wouter Henkelman. PFS 11*: with authorization from the Persepolis Seal Project Celine Redard This subject was widely debated in the 1970s, yet it is worth reconsidering, in view of recent advances ...
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The royal stations in the Achaemenid period [PDF]

, 2013
Sabemos muy poco sobre las instalaciones que los monarcas aqueménidas establecieron a lo largo de los caminos que recorrían el vasto territorio que gobernaban, donde los viajeros, funcionarios y mensajeros podían abastecerse, descansar y cambiar de ...
Velázquez Muñoz, Joaquín
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A Lydian Silver Amphora with Zoomorphic Handles [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2016
The paper presents an unpublished silver amphora with zoomorphic handles shaped as winged horses. It explores the entire class of similar metal amphorae with zoomorphic handles (including isolated handles) from the Achaemenid domain and its ...
Athanasios Sideris
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