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The Silk Route from Land to Sea
The Silk Route reached its historic and economic apogee under the Mongol Empire (1207–1368), as a direct result of the policies of Chinggis Khan (Genghis Khan) and his successors.
Jack Weatherford
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Social construction and meta‐ground
Abstract The notion of social construction plays an important role in many areas of social philosophy, including the philosophy of gender and sex, the philosophy of race, and the philosophy of disability. Yet it is far from clear how this notion is to be understood.
Asya Passinsky
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Genghis Khan and Modern Mongolian Identity: The Democracy Connection
No abstract available DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5564/mjia.v0i8-9.127 The Mongolian Journal of International Affairs; Number 8-9, 2002, Pages 36 ...
Paula LW Sabloff
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ABSTRACT High‐resolution remote sensing, magnetometry, and trench stratigraphy identify a significant flood event at Lagash (modern Tell al‐Hiba) during the late Early Dynastic period (ca. 2400–2350 BC). Satellite imagery and magnetometry reveal a 90‐meter‐wide meander belt—3–15 times broader than documented canals—adjacent to primary temple districts.
Reed Goodman +8 more
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Offensive Heritage in an Era of Globalization and Mass Migration
ABSTRACT Essays on the ethics of monuments tend to focus on their morality in relation to domestic populations. In this article we turn our attention to how the principles we favor for the ‘ingroup’ apply to various ‘outgroups’, including foreigners and foreign governments, guest workers, visiting scholars, forcibly annexed or colonized peoples, and ...
Dan Demetriou, Ajume Wingo
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Comparative analysis of Juchid genealogies according to five lists of “Muizz al-Ansab”
The purpose of the study is to study the genealogy of the Juchids according to the five lists in the «Muizz al-Ansab». The uniformity of the structure of the Muizz al-Ansab lists enables researchers to identify new data in the genealogical chains of the ...
Sabitov Zh.M. +2 more
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Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic significantly affected international student mobility. Chinese international students had to deal not only with challenges such as border closures and lockdowns but also with discrimination and stigmatisation. In this paper, we examine the decisions of Chinese students to engage in international mobility and their ...
Thais França +2 more
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Hygiene culture of nomads in the Eurasian steppes during the 13th–15th centuries
Based on a comprehensive study of various written sources and ethnographic materials, this paper considers some aspects of personal hygiene of nomads, who lived in the Eurasian steppes during the 13th–15th centuries, i.e., primarily in the states of ...
L.F. Abzalov
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Cultural transmission of reproductive success states that successful men have more children and pass this raised fecundity to their offspring. Balaresque and colleagues found high frequency haplotypes in a Central Asian Y chromosome dataset, which they ...
Elsa G. Guillot, Murray P. Cox
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Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines
Abstract The resurgence of famines is a topic of concern. This paper explains the recent trajectory using the framework of contending ‘global war economies’. It characterises the unipolar neoliberal world order era (1986–2015) as the ‘Pax Americana’ war economy, focusing on the United States dollar's roles.
Alex de Waal
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