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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
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
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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Open-set learning context recognizing in mobile learning: Problem and methodology
Mobile learning allows for an interactive way of learning through devices like smartphones. However, current methods usually rely on pre-set situations and struggle to recognize new contexts when they come up during testing. To solve this, we suggest the
Jin Li +4 more
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Abstract We present a morphology‐based backbone phylogeny of Cerambycidae beetles inferred by parsimony analyses using 77 adult characters scored for 101 species. This phylogeny is largely consistent with recent phylogenomic studies regarding key placements (e.g., Parandrini stat. rev. within Prioninae, Necydalini stat. rev.
Burcu Şabanoğlu Şimşek +2 more
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SCORES OF A FOLKSONG: FROM COLLECTION TO MUSIC TEXTBOOKS
In my study, I follow the notational journey of the folk song Ablakomba, ablakomba besütött a holdvilág, collected by Béla Bartók. While attending music lessons I experienced that several versions of this folksong were being taught in the lessons.
Ildikó PINTÉR-KERESZTES
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Folk Song Lab : improvising folk songs
This is a presentation of an on-going project funded by the Swedish Research Council called "Folk Song Lab - deconstruction, improvisation and flow”,The purpose of the project is to develop and explore new models for collective improvisation in ...
Rosenberg, Susanne,
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Abstract The evolutionary history of Amaranthaceae sensu stricto (s.s.) has been shaped by multiple whole‐genome duplications and rapid radiations, producing an ecologically diverse lineage whose internal relationships have long remained unresolved.
Tina Kiedaisch +3 more
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