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The evolution of the Swedish market model
Economic Affairs, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 170-184, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Sweden historically pioneered many aspects of a modern market economy, hosting the first known share company, the first European credit notes, and the first central bank. Anders Chydenius's booklet Den nationella vinsten (The National Gain) was printed in 1765, 11 years before Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations.
Nima Sanandaji +3 more
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Eastern Encounters: Ilia Repin's Orientalist Aesthetics Abroad and at Home
Art History, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 228-255, April 2023., 2023 This essay examines Ilia Repin's sustained engagement with European Orientalist painting and its impact on his oeuvre. Through close readings of three of his major works, Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom (1876), Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan (1885), and Zaporozhian Cossacks Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan (1880–91), it argues that Repin ...
Maria Taroutina
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A VIOLENT END OR A RESPECTFUL BEGINNING? CAVE 120 AT LACHISH REVISED
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 373-396, November 2022., 2022 Summary Cave 120 and three adjacent caves at Tel Lachish in southern Israel produced the largest concentration of human crania ever unearthed in the Near East. The conventional interpretation associates this deposit with primary burials of victims of the city’s destruction by King Sennacherib of Assyria in 701 BC. Taking into consideration attitudes to
Yosef Garfinkel, Eylon Cohen
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The cultural heritage of the Upper Euphrates region in Iraq (a study in the geography of cities) [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية, 2023 This study dealt with the cultural heritage of the cities of the Upper Euphrates region (Heet, Haditha, Anah, Rawa, Al-Qaim) overlooking the Euphrates River, which represents part of the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia.
Saad Hammad Farhan Fadhil
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Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS
Archaeometry, Volume 64, Issue 5, Page 1148-1167, October 2022., 2022 Abstract Analytical studies of glass found at sites in Nubia (ancient Sudan) have shown the variety of glass present during ancient times. This study examines Meroitic period (c.350 bce–350 ce) glass from Nubia: here categorized as low‐lead and high‐lead.
Juliet V Spedding
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Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire [PDF]
, 2015 Understanding patterns of conflict and pathways in which political history became established is critical to understanding how large states and empires ultimately develop and come to rule given regions and influence subsequent events.
Altaweel, M +3 more
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Commentaries from ancient mesopotamia: Texts, genres, and hermeneutics
Religion Compass, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022 Abstract Akkadian commentaries from ancient Mesopotamia, written on cuneiform tablets dating to the first millennium BCE, deal with various texts and exhibit a variety of hermeneutical techniques and concerns. These commentaries are connected to the process of canonization, and also provide a glimpse into the scholarly environment in which they were ...
Uri Gabbay
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Biogas Production and Applications in the Sustainable Energy Transition
Journal of Energy, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Biogas is competitive, viable, and generally a sustainable energy resource due to abundant supply of cheap feedstocks and availability of a wide range of biogas applications in heating, power generation, fuel, and raw materials for further processing and production of sustainable chemicals including hydrogen, and carbon dioxide and biofuels.
Moses Jeremiah Barasa Kabeyi +2 more
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Lotus seeds (Nelumbinis semen) as an emerging therapeutic seed: A comprehensive review
Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 9, Issue 7, Page 3971-3987, July 2021., 2021 Lotus seeds contain many bioactive compounds like alkaloid, flavonoids etc. Lotus seeds exert anti‐inflammatory, anti‐cancer, hypoglycemic activity and others. Lotus seeds have beneficial aspects by decreasing the risk of chronic diseases. Relationship between bioactive compounds and their mechanism of action in the body.
Muzalfa Arooj +11 more
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KAREN RADNER, ANCIENT ASSYRIA: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION. OXFORD: UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2015 Karen Radner, Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: University Press, 2015, pp.
Horatiu Cocis
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