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"Game" in history, historical in "game" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper is considered with relation between game and the History, in three various aspects: first part is dedicated to the meaning of noun "game" from its early stages till today, the second part relates to influences of game on human ...
Fostikov, Aleksandra
core   +2 more sources

The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 479-513, November 2025.
Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
wiley   +1 more source

Karkemish sur la frontière syro-turque un marqueur au service des ambitions territoriales de l’État turc

open access: yesFrontière·s, 2023
In 2011, 60% of the cross-border archaeological site of Jerablous for the Syrians and Karkemish for the Turks is on Turkish territory. Despite the Syrian conflict, a single archaeological mission continues to excavate until 2017, a few metres away from ...
Lorette Hehn
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Modesty: The Everyday Production of Gendered Space in Segregated and Assimilative Organizations

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, Volume 62, Issue 7, Page 3044-3071, November 2025.
Abstract This article explores the relations between organizational spatiality, gender and religion‐informed cultural practices. Theoretically grounded in Lefebvre’s spatial theory and informed by Islamic feminism, it examines the significance of Islamic spatial modesty in (re)constructing and sustaining gender (in)equalities in financial institutions ...
Shafaq Chaudhry, Vincenza Priola
wiley   +1 more source

THE RITUAL ROLE OF HONEY IN ANCIENT EGYPT, HATTI AND GREECE

open access: yesИстраживања, 2020
This is a comparison between the uses of honey in ritual contexts in the cultures of ancient Egypt, Hatti and Greece. Strong differences are illustrated.
ANGUS BOWIE
doaj   +1 more source

Hittite Geographers: Geographical Perceptions and Practices in Hittite Anatolia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ancient Near Eastern History, 2017
AbstractHittite archives are remarkably rich in geographical data. A diverse array of documents has yielded, aside from thousands of geographical names (of towns, territories, mountains, and rivers), detailed descriptions of the Hittite state’s frontiers and depictions of landscape and topography.
openaire   +2 more sources

Imperial systems and local landscapes of Buldan Yayla in Western Anatolia (Türkiye) during the last 4000 years: An integrated palynological, historical, and archaeological approach

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mythological and archaeological perspectives on penectomy and orchiectomy: The case of Cybele and Attis

open access: yesAndrology, Volume 13, Issue 6, Page 1297-1301, September 2025.
Abstract Castration has been a significant theme in mythology, religious traditions, and historical practices, often symbolizing transformation, sacrifice, and divine punishment. While the term is frequently associated with orchiectomy (removal of the testes), this study argues that penectomy (removal of the penis) must also be considered, particularly
Coskun Kaya
wiley   +1 more source

The Ancient Origin of the East/West Controversy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This short account tries to show that the stereotype of the barbarians and an anti-Eastern discourse was developed in the literate culture of the Greeks in classical times, based on a genuine fear of the Persians, but also on an increasing smugness.
Jon Wikene Iddeng
core   +1 more source

“STRANDED ON THE SHORES OF HISTORY”? MONUMENTS AND (ART‐)HISTORICAL AWARENESS

open access: yesHistory 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
wiley   +1 more source

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