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“STRANDED ON THE SHORES OF HISTORY”? MONUMENTS AND (ART‐)HISTORICAL AWARENESS
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 338-358, September 2025.ABSTRACT Can past agents deliberately influence our historical awareness by designing objects’ appearances and sending them to us down the stream of time? We know they have certainly tried to do so by raising monuments. But according to an influential narrative, the efforts of the “monumentalists” are destined to fail: no monument can keep a legacy ...
Jakub Stejskal
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Tree Rings Hint at the Fall of the Hittite Empire
Eos, 2023 The Bronze Age civilization adapted to changes in climate but suffered during a prolonged crisis.
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Sculpture, Monuments and Open Space, Volume 74, Issue 1-4, Page 56-71, January-December 2025.Abstract In the 19th and 20th centuries, countries such as Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, which wanted to create strong nations and restore the health of their people affected by wars, epidemics, and poverty, believed they could prove their power in the international arena.
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 205-222, January 2025.Abstract This paper investigates geography textbooks of the 1930s in Turkey, contending that geographical knowledge played a pivotal role in shaping nationhood within a modernising state. This study's critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the early republican geography textbooks showcases how (1) Turkey's spatial formation was reimagined in 1930s; (2 ...
Hande Gür, Gül Çalışkan
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Detail from the Hittite gods, Gavurkale relief
, 2015 Black and white image of the Gavurkale reliefs from the Hittite Empire period.135 film (36×24 ...
Gonnet-Bağana, Hatice
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A troubled inheritance: Overcoming the temporality problem in cases of historical injustice
Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 44-60, Spring 2026.
Renaud‐Philippe Garner, Marion Godman
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 357-372, November 2024.Summary The following article deals with the possible association of political entities with specific material culture. By referring to a test case from the southern Levant – that of Late Iron IIA (late tenth–ninth centuries BC) Tel Reḥov and its political affiliation within the context of the regional settlement system, this article discusses the ...
Omer Sergi
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Lebanese Phoenicianism: Rebutting Anthony Smith's Ethno‐Symbolism
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 118-128, September 2024.Abstract Examining national awakening in early twentieth‐century Lebanon tests the validity of Anthony D. Smith's ethno‐symbolism, which argues that modern national movements arise from older or ancient ethnic cores, which Smith calls ethnies. Since ethno‐symbolism contradicts Eric Hobsbawm's notion of an “invented tradition,” contrasting Smith with ...
Alexander Maxwell, David Hannah
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Impact of a militaristic society: a study on the Hittites
, 2012 The purpose of this study is to better understand the relationship between the military, the economy, and the societal collapse of the Hittites, a militaristic society.
Hawley, Amber N.
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