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Wheat and barley seed system in Syria: farmers' varietal perceptions, seed sources and seed management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A total of 206 wheat and 200 barley farmers were interviewed in northeastern Syria to understand farmer perceptions and practice relating to modern varieties, seed sources and seed quality. Wheat farmers had better awareness and grew modern varieties (87%
Gastel, A.J.G., van   +2 more
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An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone‐built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more detailed excavation was undertaken in 2016 within one of the largest rectangular stone structures.
Khalid Alasmari   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Oligocene in Northern Syria [PDF]

open access: yesGeological Magazine, 1934
L. R. Cox, H. Dighton Thomas
openaire   +1 more source

Vision for Northern Territory Public Libraries 2017-2023

open access: yes, 2017
"This document confirms the many ways in which libraries add value to their communities and identifies areas for future development. It will underpin the ways in which the Northern Territory Government will continue to support public library services ...
Northern Territory Library
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Endogenous and Exogenous Drivers of Refugee Policy of the Transit State: The Case of Indonesia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most studies on transit states emphasise exogenous influences on domestic refugee policymaking, with little consideration of endogenous factors to the state itself. Exploring literature from migration studies, refugee studies and international law studies, we identify and classify nearly identical endogenous and exogenous drivers of refugee ...
Anita Herlina   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

open access: yesAmerican 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

Tribes, state, and technology adoption in arid land management, Syria: [PDF]

open access: yes
Arid shrub-lands in Syria and elsewhere in West Asia and North Africa are widely thought degraded. Characteristic of these areas is a preponderance of unpalatable shrubs or a lack of overall ground cover with a rise in the associated risks of soil ...
Gintzburger, Gustave   +4 more
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Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers an ethnographic analysis of Gulf Arab empire‐making in central Sudan, focusing on an Emirati‐owned farm in the Gezira region as a key site of capitalist extraction and imperial ambition. Through three overlapping vantage points—farm, port, and body—it explores how Emirati investments in Sudanese land, infrastructure, and ...
Nisrin Elamin
wiley   +1 more source

‘Muhajirun’ from Austria. Why they left to join ISIS and why they don’t return.

open access: yesJournal for Deradicalization, 2020
After the proclamation of the so-called Islamic State in June 2014 thousands of Europeans, including hundreds of Austrian residents, went to fight and live with ISIS or other extremist groups in Syria or Iraq.
Veronika Hofinger, Thomas Schmidinger
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