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Nomadic ecology shaped the highland geography of Asia's Silk Roads [PDF]
Nature, 2017 There are many unanswered questions about the evolution of the ancient 'Silk Roads' across Asia. This is especially the case in their mountainous stretches, where harsh terrain is seen as an impediment to travel.
Frachetti, MD +3 more
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Tatars of Inner Asia in the 8th–12th centuries: Some Issues of Historical Geography
Золотоордынское обозрение, 2020 Research objectives: This article discusses issues related to the historical geography of the carriers of the Tatar ethnonym in Inner Asia from the eighth to the twelfth century.
Tishin V.V., Nanzatov B.Z.
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Turkic and Mongolic Peoples of Inner Asia: Natural Materials in Somatic Representations
Монголоведение, 2021 The aim of this article is to analyze traditional somatic ideas of the Turkic-Mongolians of Inner Asia that they formed as a part of their “theories” on the origin of the world and man. Data and methods.
Marina M. Sodnompilova
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Монголоведение, 2021 The article aims to study the information context of the body signs and the perception of this information by Inner Asian nomads in terms of man and nature interaction. Methods.
Marina M. Sodnompilova
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The «bone» version of the anthropomorphic model in the traditional worldview of the Turko-Mongols of Inner Asia: images, meaning, functions [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020 The human body, its structure, appears as a universal model of the structure of the world around us and the society. Through the anatomical code, the Universal chaos is set in order, structures arise, hierarchies are established.
Sodnompilova M.M. , Nanzatov B.Z.
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Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2017 This essay briefly discusses the early history of Tibetan printing by comparing some facets of this subject with the European phenomenon. Printing started to be a means of dissemination of texts in Tibet and Europe at roughly the same time.
Michela Clemente
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Монголоведение, 2020 Goals. The paper aims to reveal open space-related toponyms traced in The Secret History of the Mongols, and localize the sites. Materials. Investigation of spaces once reclaimed by Mongolic peoples is quite a topical issue in the history of nomadic ...
Marina M. Sodnompilova
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The Glacier Complexes of the Mountain Massifs of the North-West of Inner Asia and their Dynamics [PDF]
, 2011 The subject of this paper is the glaciation of the mountain massifs Mongun-Taiga, Tavan-Boghd-Ola, Turgeni- Nuru, and Harhira-Nuru. The glaciation is represented mostly by small forms that sometimes form a single complex of domeshaped peaks ...
Chistyakov , Kirill V. +3 more
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REGIONAL ORDER AND TRANSFORMATION OF WATER REGIME IN CONTEMPORARY INNER ASIA
Сравнительная политика, 2019 This paper is a study of water-sharing disputes in Inner Asia. The focal point is the issue of fresh water-sharing in the conditions of regional post-Soviet political order. The article is an attempt to verify a hypothesis: is there a correlation between
A. V. Mikhalev
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Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. Investigation of the space once invaded and reclaimed by the Mongolic peoples is one of the pressing problems in the history of nomadic societies. Goals.
Marina M. Sodnompilova
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