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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw, Stephen Merkel, Andrew Woods, Jane Evans, Vanessa Pashley, Simon Chenery   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a New Reference Dataset for Northwest Arabian Pottery: A Preliminary Characterization of the Fabrics, Techniques, Shapes and Decoration of the Pre‐Islamic Pottery From Dadan (Third Millennium bce–Early First Millennium ce)

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 138-196, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The site of Dadan, in the al‐ʿUlā valley, is one of the major and longest‐settled ancient oasis settlements in northwest Arabia. As part of the Saudi‐French Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA), a study of its pre‐Islamic ceramic assemblage has been underway since 2020.
Shadi Shabo, Jérôme Rohmer, Francelin Tourtet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeze of Continuity: New Evidence for the Occupation of Jumeirah Throughout the Islamic Period

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 306-327, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The Jumeirah Archaeological Research Project seeks to reassess the long‐term occupation of Jumeirah through an integrated study of three key archaeological sites—Jumeirah 1, 2 and 3. This study builds upon previous excavations and archival data to refine the chronology of the settlement and examine whether these sites functioned as a single ...
Karol Juchniewicz, Agnieszka Lic, Jerzy Oleksiak, Mansur Boraik, Hassan Zein   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The rulership of Pippin I of Aquitaine

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 545-571, November 2025.
This article uses the reign of Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) as a case study for the historiographical concept of ‘sub‐rulership’ in Carolingian Francia. It unpicks how Pippin’s status varied over time, arguing that Pippin’s rulership represents well the tension between kingship as an office and as a dynastic status.
Eddie Meehan
wiley   +1 more source

A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?

History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
wiley   +1 more source

A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

, 2014
Due to their outstanding resolution and well-constrained chronologies, Greenland ice-core records provide a master record of past climatic changes throughout the Last Interglacial–Glacial cycle in the North Atlantic region.
S. Rasmussen, M. Bigler, S. Blockley, T. Blunier, S. L. Buchardt, H. Clausen, I. Cvijanovic, D. Dahl-Jensen, S. Johnsen, H. Fischer, V. Gkinis, M. Guillevic, W. Hoek, J. Lowe, J. Pedro, T. Popp, I. Seierstad, J. Steffensen, A. Svensson, P. Vallelonga, B. Vinther, M. Walker, J. Wheatley, M. Winstrup   +23 more
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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa

Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Ibadi and Ismaili Muslim communities in East Africa—particularly in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar)—and their distinct religious, social, and economic roles. Even as minorities within predominantly Sunni contexts, both groups have shaped the region through migration, commerce, and international ...
Kimberly T. Wortmann
wiley   +1 more source

New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro‐Agricultural Strategies in Northwest Arabia: A Geoarchaeological Study of al‐Bint Dam (Sadd al‐Bint)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux, Munirah AlMushawh, Stephen McPhillips, Guillaume Chung‐To, Sylvain Colin, Elora Chambraud, Kévin Guadagnini, Saifi AlShilali, Mashael AlDughailbi, Fatimah AlRashidi, Khalid AlKhaldi, Charlotte Faiers, Rémy Crassard, Guillaume Charloux   +13 more
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Per dynamin – per energian: Hrotsvit of Gandersheim’s knowledge of Greek

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 220-243, May 2025.
This paper investigates Hrotsvit of Gandersheim’s knowledge of Greek. It proceeds from three questions. First, what resources for learning Greek were available in tenth‐century Germany? Second, were there any figures in her ambit from whom she could have learned?
Graham Robert Johnson
wiley   +1 more source