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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio, Mattia Fochesato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Al-Harthy family in Marj bin Amer (885 AH / 1480 AD - 1088 AH / 1677 AD) [PDF]

آداب الرافدين, 1982
The relationship that has developed between the local powers in the Arab states of the Ottoman Empire on the one hand, and the Ottoman authorities on the other hand, are among the topics that have come to attract the attention of researchers and scholars
Mohamed AlBegheet
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Institutions, Hierarchy, and the Flock of the Orthodox Church in the Balkans in the 1600s and 1700s as Shown by New Documents from the Ottoman Archive in Istanbul

Slovene, 2020
[Rev. of: Mutafova Krasimira, Kalitsin Maria, Andreev Stefan, The Orthodox Structures in the Balkans during the 17th–18th Century according to Documents from the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul, Veliko Tarnovo: Abagar, 2019.
Dmitry I. Polyvyannyy
doaj  

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

On the nobility of urban notables [PDF]

, 2005
The claim to be a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (teseyyüd) was a widespread phenomenon that afflicted the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onwards.
Canbakal, Hulya, Canbakal, Hülya
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Constructing citizenship and indigeneity in Jordan: The politics of Bedouin rights and identities in cultural heritage sites

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper explores the relationships between Bedouin rights, citizenship and indigeneity in cultural heritage sites in Jordan. Through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with Bedouin communities, we argue that a more critical engagement with indigeneity is necessary in Jordan.
Taraf Abu Hamdan, Olivia Mason
wiley   +1 more source

BOSNIAN KINGDOM DURING SECOND DECADE OF THE 15th CENTURY

Human Research in Rehabilitation, 2019
After the defeat of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire, in August of 1415, the Bosnian king and a few noble men made a decision to change their political loyalty towards the Hungary.
Muhamed Husejnović
doaj   +1 more source

Agriculture, settlement and landscape in Ottoman Cyprus [PDF]

, 2000
No abstract ...
Given, M.
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Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries.
Aleksandar Kešeljević, Stefan Nikolić, Rok Spruk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source