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ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
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It is believed that about the same time certain barbarian people were entering Greece from the north, others came into the Italian peninsula from the same direction.
Bloom, Robert L. +6 more
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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Fields in the Forest Roman Land Division Between Siscia and Andautonia Through LIDAR Data Analysis
This study investigates the Roman land division system, centuriation, using LIDAR data and historical data to understand the landscape during the Roman period, in this case between Roman cities such as Siscia and Andautonia.
Hrvoje Kalafatić +2 more
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Mining the Common Heritage of Our DNA: Lessons Learned From Grotius and Pardo [PDF]
The Human Genome Project generated oceans of DNA sequence data and spurred a multinational race to grab the bounties of these oceans. In response to these DNA property grabs, UNESCO, drawing upon international law precedents addressing analogous grabs in
Bovenberg, Jasper A.
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The State Itself as a Vulnerable Subject? Existential Resilience under International Law
This paper proposes a new framework for analysis of the law governing State continuity, with particular reference to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) threatened with legal extinction as a result of rising sea‐levels. Prevailing wisdom suggests that if States were to lose their inhabitable land or permanently resident populations, their status ...
Alex Green (文浩航)
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Poblamiento tardío en Torralba, Lorca
This paper analyses a settlement in Lorca during the late Roman period, which was isolated from al1 main Roman roads. What is of interest here was the existence of a strong, stable economic system which was a precursor of that which appeared in the high
Andrés Martínez Rodríguez +1 more
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Wetlands Evaluation for Philbrick\u27s Pond Marsh Drainage Evaluation North Hampton, NH [PDF]
Philbrick’s Pond is a lagoon type estuary that formed landward of barrier beach spits in North Hampton, NH. Its inlet was stabilized and restricted by the road that is now Route 1A or Ocean Boulevard.
Burdick, David M +2 more
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Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
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Roma Eterna? Roman rule explains regional well-being divides in Germany
In light of persistent regional inequalities in adaptive outcomes such as health, well-being, and related personality traits, psychological research is increasingly adopting a historical perspective to understand the deeper roots of these patterns.
Martin Obschonka +6 more
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