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, 2016 This is a review of the thirty five historians who wrote political history at the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of the Ottoman rule on Constantinople.This is a review of the thirty five historians who wrote political history at the Byzantine Empire ...
Martínez Lacy, Ricardo
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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Moral Revolutions: The Politics of Piety in the Ottoman Empire Reimagined [PDF]
, 2019 Over the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries an immense body of morality literature emerged in the Ottoman Empire as part of a widespread turn to piety.
Shafir, Nir
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Can Skopje, An Ottoman Sanjak, Be Evaluated Officially Fixed Price Fines Economically?
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2022 Migration is moving from one place to another place. Extraordinary situations such as wars, epidemics or natural disasters end with the displacement of people and thus their migration, which leads to some consequences in terms of both migration sending ...
Yasemin Elik
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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Nurani Hukum, 2023 The Ottoman Empire's approach to homosexuality has often been misunderstood and misrepresented. This research aims to shed light on the historical and cultural context of homosexuality in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, using a historical methodology ...
Talabos Dávidné Lukács Nikolett
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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
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Historia.scribere, 2021 The Beginnings of an Empire. The Transformation of the Ottoman State into an Empire, demonstrated at the example of Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha’s life and accomplishments The following seminar paper deals with Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha’s life and the ...
Vera Flatz
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Observatories in the Ottoman Empire
, 2021 Abstract The astrologer in the Ottoman Empire was called a "mine" relative to the "star" and the head of the astrologers as a scientific body in the bureaucratic system called the "Bashi Mine" , Although there is no specific date for the beginning of the founding of the Astrology Foundation in the Ottoman Empire, it is known that astrology activity has
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The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Jerusalem
Groundwater, EarlyView.Abstract Jerusalem, a city held sacred by three of the world's great religions, is located in a semi‐arid climate, and its occupation through the millennia has only been made possible by the construction of an extensive and ingenious water supply infrastructure. The settlement of Jerusalem was first made possible by water from the Gihon Spring.
David Deming
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