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Chemical composition of blades as an attributing feature for bulat steels of the Indo-Persian region of the 17th-19th centuries [PDF]

Историческое оружиеведение
The article is devoted to historical bulat blades of the Indo-Persian region. Based on a range of sources, the article reveals that comprehensive studies on historical bulat steels have been sporadic over the last hundred years due to an insufficient ...
Kamil S. Haydakov, Dr. Dmitry A. Sukhanov   +1 more
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Ex occidente imperium : Alexander the Great and the rise of the Maurya empire [PDF]

, 2015
Since the nineteenth century, many authors have seen the campaign of Alexander the Great in the Punjab as a pivotal moment in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
Fauconnier, Bram
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Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258)? A reevaluation of the sources

Medicina e historia
This paper reexamines the sources used by N. Fancy and M.H. Green in “Plague and the Fall of Baghdad (1258)” (Medical History, 65/2 (2021), 157–177). Fancy and Green argued that the Arabic and Persian descriptions of the Mongol sieges in Iran and Iraq ...
J. Brack, Michal Biran, R. Amitai
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Where Have All the Symbols Gone?: A Study of Sufis and Sufi Symbolism in Ottoman Miniature Paintings

, 2013
Ottoman miniature paintings represent some of the best preserved and documented works of Islamic art still extant. They differ critically from other forms of miniature painting, such as Persian miniature painting, by not representing Sufi symbolism.
Siegel, Jesse E.
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Legalists, Visionaries, and New Names: Sectarianism and the Search for Apocalyptic Origins in Isaiah 56–66

, 2010
This essay re-examines the difficult questions concerning the origins of apocalyptic literature and the rise of Jewish sectarianism. Since the publication of O. Plöger’s Theokratie und Eschatologie and P.
Doak, Brian R.
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An Overview of Works on the History of Kashmir: From Traditional Sanskrit to New English Sources

Письменные памятники Востока
This article provides an overview of key sources on the history of Kashmir, covering the period from ancient Sanskrit chronicles to more recent historical works in Persian and English.
Anastasia M. Smirnova
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Menorah Review (No. 8, Fall, 1986) [PDF]

, 1986
History and Moral Judgment -- Jews in Old China: Some New Findings -- What May We Ask of Holocaust Reflections?

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Migrations and Resettlements in the Territory of Medieval Shirvan

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения
Introduction. Studying the diverse ethnic composition of Shirvan in the Middle Ages provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics of ethnicity, culture, and identity in the region.
Lala Aliyeva, Khadija Karim
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Orientalist Ideology of Aryanism and Its Manifestation in the Architectural Culture of Iran during the Nation-Building Process

Belleten
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, modern historiography witnessed a significant shift towards the kinship/homogeneity approach, largely driven by orientalists in non- Western regions.
Aras Kahraman
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Extracting, investigating and representing geographical concepts in Herodotus: the case of the Black Sea [PDF]

, 2013
In a short break from his preparations for the invasion of Scythia, Darius stops off where the Bosporus was bridged and sails to the Dark Rocks, apparently retracing the steps of the Argonauts.1 ‘There’, Herodotus reports, ‘he sat on the headland and ...
Barker, Elton, Bouzarovski, Stefan, Isaksen, Leif, Pelling, Chris   +3 more
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