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La diffusion de l’or monnayé au nord du Danube à la fin du IVe siècle av. J.-C. et les guerres des diadoques [PDF]

open access: yesPeuce, 2015
This paper presents an analysis on the coined gold from the second part of 4th century BC, discovered north of the Danube. Analysis results reveal that Greek gold staters spread north of the Danube in the last two decades of the 4th century BC, in the ...
Aurel VÎLCU
doaj  

Isotopic evidence for geographic heterogeneity in Ancient Greek military forces. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2021
Reinberger KL   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spears for Hire: The Utilization and Motivations of Greek Mercenaries in the Archaic and Classical Ages.

open access: yes, 2006
Greek mercenaries were widespread in the Mediterranean in the Archaic and Classical periods. This thesis examines the mercenaries themselves and the kingdoms that employed them in order to discover both why mercenaries turned to the service and why ...
Tadlock, Stephen Kyle
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Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic create problems for democratic actors

open access: yes, 2021
Russia’s use of mercenary groups in conflict zones is an increasingly used tool to gain influence across Africa. Mercenaries allow Russia to deploy military forces to bolster autocratic regimes abroad and support regimes who back its global ambitions ...
Munday, Daniel
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Status and future of seed conservation of threatened plants in the post‐2020 era

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Ambitious targets have been set to backup seeds of threatened plants by the global strategy for plant conservation (GSPC), but it is unclear in how far these targets have been met and how seed collection should be organized to meet future challenges. Here, we provide an overview of the status of 44 countries in achieving seed conservation targets.
Andreas Ensslin   +130 more
wiley   +1 more source

South African Private Security Contractors Active in Armed Conflicts: Citizenship, Prosecution and the Right to Wor

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2011
South Africa has adopted two pieces of legislation since 1998 aimed at restricting one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy: the private security industry. Not only is this legislation completely unique, but it appears wholly at odds with
M Maritz, S Bosch
doaj  

Maududi’s Mercenaries

open access: yes
Why Islamism might yet determine the future of Bangladesh. The signs are impossible to miss. Contrary to the euphoria of a “student-led secular revolution”, some of the biggest decisions taken by the interim government of Bangladesh fronted by Nobel ...
Sengupta, Hindol
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More than mercenaries? : mercenaries, Sierra Leone, and the rise of private military companies

open access: yes, 2007
The rise of Private Military Companies (PMCs) in the mid 1990s suggests a significant threat to the states' traditional control of force. The impact of these companies on Africa has yet to be fully investigated, and their roots in Africa's mercenary ...
Coufal, Leonard
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“Those who live apart” were Mercenaries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Since antiquity, scholars have thought that the phrase τοὺς χωρὶς οἰκοῦντας (Dem. 4.36) indicated a special class of slaves, or freedmen, or (Kazakévich) an unspecified form of free alien. The argument advanced in Dem.
Sosin, JD, Sosin, Joshua D
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Dynamic Impact of Income Inequality on Environmental Quality in Malaysia: Insights for Climate Action Using a Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology Framework

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic influence of income inequality on environmental quality in Malaysia and offers evidence‐based recommendations for climate action and policy. Using annual data from 1990 to 2022, the analysis utilizes the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) framework combined with ...
Masahina Sarabdeen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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