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“Like a safe tower on a steady rock”. Widows, wives and mothers in the ascetic elites of Late Antiquity

Tabula, 2016
In the fourth and fifth centuries, the Roman empire underwent a series of changes that profoundly affected its political, economic, social and cultural organization.
Veronika Wieser
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The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
wiley   +1 more source

The Fifth Enemy of the Ottoman Empire During World War I: Grasshoppers

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2014
In Ottoman States there had always been grasshopper infestation now and then; and this caused some socio-economic problems and famine as a result. However, in the last years of the state, especially during World War I, the grasshoppers vastly influenced ...
Mehmet Ali YILDIRIM
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The Golden Adornments of the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf [PDF]

هنر اسلامی, 2012
As the warriors of Islam entered Persia they realized that the people of this land behold an ancient historical, cultural and artistic heritage. The people of Persia also acknowledged that the new bestowed religion will ultimately enhance their culture ...
Alireza Bahrman
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Death of Eastern: How One Man Destroyed an Airline

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 2000
In 1986, when Frank Lorenzo took over Eastern Airlines, the country's third largest carrier was in decline: its route structure was inherently weak, its costs were sky high, and its stiff-necked labor unions fought with each other almost as much as they ...
Joseph G Ferrante
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The world showing the British Empire [cartographic material].

, 1925
World map showing the British Empire in red.; Plate 1 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
wiley   +1 more source

The British Empire reached its greatest extent, covering a fifth of the world's land surface and a quarter of its population.[100] Britain had suffered 2.5 million casualties and finished the war with a huge national debt.[99] The consequences of the war persuaded the government to expand the right to vote in national and local elections with the Representation of the People Act 1918.[99]

, 2023
garri
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Domesticating the Frontier: Gender, Empire and Adventure Landscapes in British Cinema, 1945-59 [PDF]

, 2003
Before 1945, films of the empire genre, produced in Hollywood as well as Britain, celebrated the masculinity of the British adventure hero, and promoted an imperial world view.
Webster, Wendy
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Does Continuous Disclosure Improve Investment Efficiency? Evidence from a Unique Regulatory Setting

Abacus, EarlyView.
We examine the association between continuous disclosure and investment efficiency within the context of Australia's unique regulatory setting for continuous disclosure. Based on 8,527 firm‐year observations, we find that continuous disclosure is positively associated with investment efficiency and helps to mitigate both over‐investment and under ...
Sudipta Bose, Muhammad Jahangir Ali, Syed Shams, Muhammad Shahin Miah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source