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Three Questions about Maritime Singapore, 16th-17th Centuries

, 2018
This article explores three questions relating to the history of Singapore and the Straits with a focus on the period 1520 to 1650. The British colonial narrative posits that nothing of significance happened on the island for a period between the ...
Peter Borschberg, Borschberg, Peter
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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman, Agnese Kukela, Mansour Boraik, Hassan Mohammed Zein   +3 more
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Jesuit Accounts of Epidemic Disease in the 16th Century

, 2000
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PASTORE, Alessandro
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Education and science museums. Reflections in Italy and on Italy [PDF]

JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 2008
The educational function of science museums was born with the first naturalistic collections ever, flourished in 16th-century Italy. The pedagogic thought and the educational experimentations carried out in approximately five century of history have ...
Paola Rodari
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The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte   +4 more
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Translating Ancient Greek Tragedy in 16th- Century Italy

, 2023
The present chapter provides an analysis of the interplay and overlap between translations of ancient Greek tragedy and the creation of new tragedies aimed at establishing the tragic genre in 16th-century Italy.
Di Martino, Giovanna
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Searching for seeds to rest in libraries : European collecting habits towards Malay books and manuscripts in the nineteenth century

, 2009
European scholars, colonial administrators, missionaries, bibliophiles and others were the main collectors of Malay books in the nineteenth century, both in manuscript or printed form.
Warnk, Holger
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO FASHION HISTORY – THE TERM CROATO IN THE 16TH CENTURY [PDF]

, 2019
A large number of historical books from the late 16th century focused on presenting specific and diverse clothing styles with regard to the country of origin. The terms for clothing styles and items were often designed as derivatives of respective demonyms.
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