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The cultural heritage of the Upper Euphrates region in Iraq (a study in the geography of cities) [PDF]
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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The evolution of the Swedish market model
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
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
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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On the Time When Using Hunting Birds Appeared in Traditional Cultures of Eurasia
Introduction. The popularity of images of birds of prey in Scythian art makes us pay more attention to the place of birds of prey in the life of the Scythian world.
Sergey I. Lukyashko
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Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS
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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Commentaries from ancient mesopotamia: Texts, genres, and hermeneutics
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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مدينة غزة بين الدعم المصرى والسيادة الآشورية خلال النصف الثانى من القرن الثامن قبل الميلاد [PDF]
يتناول هذا البحث الحديث عن مدينة غزة بين الدعم المصري والسيادة الأشورية خلال النصف الثاني من القرن الثامن قبل الميلاد. فقد تمتعت مدينة غزة بأهمية كبيرة كونها تمثل النقطة الرئيسة بالنسبة للقوافل التي كانت تنقل البضائع من جنوب الجزيرة العربية والشرق إلى ...
عزة على أحمد جادالله
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KAREN RADNER, ANCIENT ASSYRIA: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION. OXFORD: UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015
Karen Radner, Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: University Press, 2015, pp.
Horatiu Cocis
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