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Characterization and diagnosis of Paget Disease of Bone in historical individuals. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Dagrosa MA, Van Schaik KD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

Continuity and Discontinuity in Artefact Distributions from Multi-Period Archaeological Sites. [PDF]

J Archaeol Method Theory
Oksanen E, Bevan A, Carter A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon, Clara Neupert‐Wentz, Andrej Kokkonen, Jørgen Møller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A knowledge graph dataset of medieval and renaissance geographical works. [PDF]

Data Brief
Bartalesi V, Pratelli N, Lenzi E.
europepmc   +1 more source

A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Guinea Worm Disease in Medieval Islamic Medicine: 'Irq al-Madanī and Early Insights into a Public Health Challenge. [PDF]

J Clin Pract Res
Subaşıay GA, Yıldız A, Yıldız PA, Acıduman A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

God Knows Best

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Arabic phrase Allāhu a‘lam—“God knows best”—is used frequently in everyday Muslim speech and to conclude seemingly assertive statements or fatwas. At its heart lies the recognition that God is the All‐Knowing, whereas humans know next to nothing. Reflecting on this recognition, this essay discusses Sufi refusals of the ethnographic project
Amira Mittermaier
wiley   +1 more source

Population genomics, demography, and circum-Baltic connectivity of Early Medieval southwestern Finland. [PDF]

Genome Biol
O'Sullivan RJ, Nordfors U, Saari NJ, Majander K, Taavitsainen JP, Salo K, Rohrlach AB, Salmela E, Lamnidis TC, Traverso L, Krause J, Peltola S, Onkamo P.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A genetic and historical perspective on the origins of keratitis fugax hereditaria

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To investigate the genetic and genealogical background of keratitis fugax hereditaria (KFH), a periodic corneal disease caused by the heterozygous pathogenic variant c.61G>C in the NLRP3 gene. KFH is characterized by recurrent unilateral autoinflammatory attacks alternating between the eyes and permanent corneal opacities.
Annamari T. Immonen, Sara P. Luostarinen, Päivi Lahermo, Sabita Kawan, Kati Donner, Joseph D. Terwilliger, Michael P. Backlund, Joni A. Turunen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source