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Intellectual life in the Islamic civilization Personal libraries in Andalusia as model

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2016
The book is a pot of knowledge, so human has interested in create bookcases or libraries since ancient times to collect human heritage which is represented in the books, this for organize, keep, and to facilitate the benefit of that heritage. The dawn of
Ashraf Mohamed, Israa Mohamed
doaj   +1 more source

The Early Christians in the Face of Epidemics

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2021
The purpose of the article is to present the reaction of the early Christians to the emergence and the spread of the great epidemics. During the early Christian ages (2nd–3rd centuries) different plagues devastated people of the Roman Empire ...
Oleksandr Kashchuk
doaj   +1 more source

Earth’s middle age [PDF]

open access: yesGeology, 2014
This research was funded through Natural Environment Research Council (grant NE/J021822/1) and the APC was paid through the RCUK OA block grant.
Peter A. Cawood   +2 more
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The Middle Ages

open access: yes, 2020
The High Middle Ages witnessed Christmas emerge as a major Christian feast in western Europe, a time of merriment and miracles. Always intended to celebrate the Incarnation, Christmas became a time to honour the little baby in the manger and his loving mother, as part of a spiritual shift towards remembering the human Jesus. Although Kalends traditions
openaire   +4 more sources

Trends and correlates of marijuana use among late middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2002–2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Recent trend studies suggest that marijuana use is on the rise among the general population of adults ages 18 and older in the United States.
AbiNader, Millan   +6 more
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Benefits of having friends in older ages: differential effects of informal social activities on well-being in middle-aged and older adults.

open access: yesThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2014
OBJECTIVES It has been considered a fact that informal social activities promote well-being in old age, irrespective of whether they are performed with friends or family members. Fundamental differences in the relationship quality between family members (
O. Huxhold, M. Miche, B. Schüz
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A risk society? Environmental hazards, risk and resilience in the later Middle Ages in Europe

open access: yesNatural Hazards, 2013
Modern society is said to have restructured in reaction to contemporary hazards with the aim of improving its management of risk. This implies that pre-industrial societies were somehow fundamentally different. In this paper, we challenge that hypothesis
C. Gerrard, D. Petley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Combining transient dynamics and logistic‐asymptotic growth to study the recovery of two seabird populations after rat eradication

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study examines the demographic dynamics of two seabird populations on Tromelin Island, 15 years after the eradication of brown rats. The results indicate that these populations are in good health and are expected to continue growing until breeding sites are saturated in about a century.
Merlène Saunier   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dark and Middle Ages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
For the most part only Plato\u27s teachings supported by a limited version of Aristotelian cosmology supportive of Platonism survived the decline of ancient Greek philosophy during the Roman Empire. Christianity later prevailed, and toward the end of the
Jayne, Edward
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Treasure bequest: death and gift in the early middle ages [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Book synopsis: This collection of twenty-two original essays investigates the organising forces of social identity and power in early Medieval Europe, spanning literary and historical texts, artefacts and archeological ...
Janes, Dominic
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