Towards a Roadmap for Advancing the Catalogue of the World’s Natural History Collections [PDF]
Natural history collections are the foundations upon which all knowledge of natural history is constructed. Biological specimens are the best documentation of variation within each species, increasingly serve as curated sources for reference DNA, and are
Donald Hobern +6 more
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The “Bon Sauvage” and the Man of the Millennium: A Historiography of Western Studies on the Mongol Empire [PDF]
The establishment of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history, had a profound impact on the conquered regions and marked the end of a historical era for many of them.
Arash Yousefi +2 more
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Where is the History of Political Thought Going?
After the recent publication of a couple of succinct and overarching essays covering the state of the field in the history of political thought (in the English language), Prof.
John Dunn +9 more
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The Durham Account Rolls Vocabulary as Evidence of Trade Relations in Late Medieval England
Words are testimonies to the kinds of historical interactions that took place between the speakers of English and many other languages spoken far beyond Britain’s continental neighbours.
Amanda Roig-Marín
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Checklist of newly-vouchered annelid taxa from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation [PDF]
We present a checklist of annelids from recent United Kingdom Seabed Resources (UKSR) expeditions (Abyssal Baseline - ABYSSLINE project) to the eastern abyssal Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) polymetallic nodule fields, based on DNA species ...
Helena Wiklund +11 more
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Mobility, Spatial Thinking, and MENA’s Global Interconnectivity: A Primary Source Roundtable
Roundtable organizers Cyrus Schayegh and Giancarlo Casale's foreword for this issue's collection of essays on mobility and spatial thinking.
Cyrus Schayegh, Giancarlo Casale
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History, Modernity and Global Identities
The first stage of modern societies was defined in one part of the world by the establishment of a direct link between the sacred world and the human world: this is monotheism.
Alain Touraine
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In Search of Protoglobalization in Seventeenth-century Dutch Paintings: a Didactic Experience
To investigate the daily life of human communities, values, beliefs and material culture, the use of iconographic sources is very important for the study of history.
Nicola Contegreco
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In the teaching of history, attention to the local dimension offers opportunities that have a positive impact on all moments and factors of learning: from the motivational to the methodological aspects, from the perceptive to the formative ones ...
Rolando Dondarini
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Paper in Motion: Communication, Knowledge and Power: Case Studies for an Interdisciplinary Approach
This essay intends to use a series of case studies to exemplify the role of paper as (1) material medium for communication and consequently for the establishment of human communities and institutions, including the normative patterns employed in their ...
José María Pérez Fernández
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