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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
Early 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
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Religion and diplomacy: the role of the Disputatio in Byzantine-Latin relations after 1204 [PDF]
, 2016 This study considers the development and evolution of Byzantine diplomacy through a crucial and previously overlooked period of the empire’s history. Current scholarship has neglected the analysis of Byzantine diplomacy from 1204, when the capital of ...
Brubaker, Jeffrey David
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Estudios Bizantinos, 2023 This paper intends to discuss the proactivity, originality, degree of success and historical-political impli- cations of the diverse diplomatic initiatives implemented by the imperial administration in the Balkan provinces of the Eastern Roman ...
Aitor Fernández Delgado
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Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 16, 17 March 2026.Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
Eva von Contzen +3 more
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The Role of Postage Stamps in Palestinian National Identity and History
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 85-103, Winter 2025.Abstract This article examines how the Palestinian Authority has used postage stamps as a tool to construct national identity, shape collective memory, and convey political messages during what it hoped would be a transition to statehood. The analysis focuses on three themes of stamps issued between 1994 and 2023: the struggle for independence and ...
Ido Zelkovitz, Yehiel Limor
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The visibility of women in tenth‐century Rome
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 522-544, November 2025.Women played a significant part in tenth‐century Rome, and the documentation makes them visible in a way rarely seen in early medieval sources. First examining the political agency of the foremost among them, women like Marozia and the Theophylact family senatrices, this paper also highlights the socio‐economic, legal and cultural role of many women of
Veronica West‐Harling
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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La diplomatie médio-byzantine et l’Antiquité [PDF]
, 2012 Il est bien connu que Byzance jouit d’un héritage ancien considérable, dont le sens exact ne lui est plus toujours compréhensible d’ailleurs. Venant compléter d’autres études antérieures, cet article fait le point sur les différentes manières avec ...
Drocourt, Nicolas
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“The Unbroken Fellowship” What Did Khan Boris and Empress Theodora Agree upon?
Studia CeraneaThis article presents a novel hypothesis regarding the events surrounding the Christianization of Khan Boris of Bulgaria. The author proposes the possibility of a marriage between Empress Theodora and Khan Boris, primarily through a reinterpretation of ...
Kostiantyn Bardola
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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