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Mongolian National (Khalkha) Wrestling’s Uniforms of the 16th century
Новые исследования ТувыThis article examines the history of Mongolian wrestling uniform, with a special focus on the 16th century, and its importance for understanding the history of this kind of sport from the ancient times to the present day.
Болдбаатар Даланбаяр +3 more
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“Wheat of Portugal” . The African adventure of maize
Culture & History Digital Journal, 2013 This work focuses on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and starts from the introduction of maize (Zea mays) in different places of Africa by the Portuguese.
Manuel de Paz-Sánchez
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Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2020 Considering the historical processes through the history of science and technology and of navigation in particular (in relation to the emergence of the American continent) is justified by the importance that the literature about "el arte de navegar ...
Louise Bénat-Tachot
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Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The present research investigates whether consumers of low or high socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to take advice from marketplace agents. Across five studies (and an additional three in the Methodological Details Appendix), including an analysis of the World Values Survey, and across a range of different advice taking contexts, we ...
Bryce Pyrah, Chelsea Galoni
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Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2006 Analysis of representations of Croatian cities bound into five manuscript atlases: two atlases (signature Cod. 8607 and Cod. 8609) from the Collection of Manuscripts, Documents and Heritage of the AustrianNational Library (Handschriften-, Autographen ...
Ivka Kljajić, Miljenko Lapaine
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Afriques, 2019 If one of the aims of art history is to understand better the original meaning of the works studied, then an historical methodology is absolutely essential to the identification and interpretation of precolonial objects.
Peter Mark
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi +15 more
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The Doctrines of Triangles: A History of Modern Trigonometry by Glen Van Brummelen
Aestimatio, 2023 : The Doctrine of Triangles is the second half of Glen Van Brummelen’s history of trigonometry. The first part, The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth [Van Brummelen 2009] dealt with the early history of trigonometry, from “precursors” in ancient ...
John Hannah
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Abortion-A brief description of the evolution of methods. [PDF]
Acta Obstet Gynecol ScandTermination of pregnancy is not a “modern” societal issue, but one that has been afforded to women, albeit with varying degrees of success, over many centuries. Methods have evolved which have increased the availability, effectiveness, and safety of abortion, while substantially reducing associated morbidity.
Slade L, Deussen A, Dodd J.
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The frequency of tobacco use during the postmedieval period is widely underexplored; this has repercussions for our understanding of the intoxicant's health impacts during this time. Our study assesses the frequency rates of tobacco consumption in different social groups in England and the Netherlands, two countries in which tobacco use became
Anna M. Davies‐Barrett +1 more
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