Bantu lexical reconstruction [PDF]
, 2016 Lexical reconstruction has been an important enterprise in Bantu historical linguistics since the earliest days of the discipline. In this chapter a historical overview is provided of the principal scholarly contributions to that field of study.
Bastin, Yvonne, Bostoen, Koen
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Assessing Simulations of Imperial Dynamics and Conflict in the Ancient World [PDF]
, 2019 The development of models to capture large-scale dynamics in human history is one of the core contributions of cliodynamics. Most often, these models are assessed by their predictive capability on some macro-scale and aggregated measure and compared to ...
Colavizza, Giovanni +4 more
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Don't mind the gap: Bridging network-wide objectives and device-level configurations [PDF]
, 2019 We reflect on the historical context that lead to Propane, a high-level language and compiler to help network operators bridge the gap between network-wide routing objectives and low-level configurations of devices that run complex, distributed protocols.
Beckett, Ryan +4 more
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Folkloristic Contributions towards Religious Studies in Estonia: A Historical Outline
Temenos, 2014 The article outlines the historical development of the study of folk religion and mythology in Estonian scholarship. It shows how the changing ideological and political context and formation of folkloristics as an autonomous discipline have shaped the ...
Ülo Valk
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Building an Archival Database for Visualizing Historical Networks. A Case for Pre-Modern Korea
Historical Life Course Studies, 2022 In this paper, we share the experience of collecting and organizing pre-modern Korean historical materials into a searchable digital archive. The Ajou Interdisciplinary Research Group (AIRG) has continuously collected historical data of pre-modern Korea
Seungmin Paek +2 more
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Perspective has a strong effect on the calculation of historical contributions to global warming
Environmental Research Letters, 2017 The politically contentious issue of calculating countries’ contributions to climate change is strongly dependent on methodological choices. Different principles can be applied for distributing efforts for reducing human-induced global warming. According
Ragnhild B Skeie +6 more
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Islamic Organizations in North Sumatra A Historical Analysis on Newspaper Publication in 1915-1942 [PDF]
, 2018 Newspapers are an important historical source in a historical writing that contains information about past events. Information about Islamic organizations in its activities in North Sumatra is found in newspapers from 1915 to 1942, considering that ...
Achiriah, Achiriah +7 more
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Eunuchs: Angels or Devils in Disguise? [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 The contradictory role of eunuchs in ancient China has remained a long-term debate in history. Often viewed as either holy or profane, eunuchs occupied a unique space in society that defied easy categorization.
Sun Shingwun, Park Theodore
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Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects.
PLoS ONE, 2017 This paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing, literature reviews, and in-person workshopping.
Chelsey Geralda Armstrong +21 more
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Perspektivwechsel – Zur Gestaltung einerbürgerschaftlichen Erinnerungslandschaft
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 2021 The article sketches the unfolding of a civic remembrance landscape, and while doing so it particularly discusses possible contributions by the historical sciences and social education to the ...
Uwe Hirschfeld
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