Persian aristocracy Conflict and Compromise with Kings in Sasanian Era [PDF]
Economic and social History of Sasanian Era reveals constant conflict between Iranian aristocracy and Kings. This conflict plays key role in the decline and fall of the Sasanian. Methodology, this article is done based on descriptive, analytical study to
سید محمدرحیم ربانی زاده +1 more
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Islamic glass in the Christian Kingdom of Alwa: Chemistry of shards from Soba, Nubia, Sudan
Abstract Excavations at Soba, the capital of Alwa, between 2019 and 2022 yielded more than 30 glass fragments in addition to a glass cosmetic bottle. An analysis of 30 glass samples has identified glass belonging to a number of compositional groups.
Joanna Then‐Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
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Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Abstract This article contributes to the internationalization of survey methodology by discussing a case from a totalitarian state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2020, GAMAAN (The Group for Measuring and Analyzing Attitudes in Iran) conducted an online survey on religion.
Michael Stausberg +2 more
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The Revival of Ancient Iranian Culture in Buyids Period: The Legitimacy of State [PDF]
Establishment of a government and implementation of power by a person or a political group and the acceptance of the authority of government by people always have been the main concern of rulers in various societies which this phenomena is called the ...
محمد تقی ایمانپور +2 more
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Towards a Typology of Contact‐Induced Change: Questions, Problems and the Path Ahead
Abstract The fields of linguistic typology, contact linguistics and historical linguistics frequently interact with one another and each draws on the insights gained in the others. To date, however, there is no effective and systematic cooperation between these subdisciplines, no database comparing the typological distribution of features with common ...
Robin Meyer
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An ʿAqaba/Ayla‐type amphora in the sultanate of Oman
Abstract Antique trade amphorae illuminate a little understood but important find category for Arabia, still in the twilight of publication. Most of the find data lie buried in unpublished work regarding recent excavations at ʿAqaba/Ayla. Recent research has verified mineralogically the origin of these documents and their dating.
Paul A. Yule
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Preliminary Report of 16th Season of Excavations at Tepe Hegmataneh; Hamedan [PDF]
The archaeological campaign of the 16th season of excavations in Tepe Hegmataneh intended to explore the architecturalstructures belonging to the historical period. The excavated area consists of 4 squares including AJ45, AJ46, AK45,and AK46 with a total
Yaghoub Mohammadifar +2 more
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Survey methods and biases in the Al‐Mudhaybi Regional Survey, Sultanate of Oman
Abstract The Al‐Mudhaybi Regional Survey uses different methods to reconstruct the diachronic development of the archaeological landscape within a 930 km2 area. This article evaluates the different outcomes of remote sensing, ground‐truthing and systematic field‐walking of transects regarding the type and chronological range of structures found ...
Stephanie Döpper
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Overseas imports on the Blue Nile: Chemical compositional analysis of glass beads from Soba, Nubia
Abstract Archaeological evidence as well as textual sources leave no doubt about Alwa's (Alodia's) intense transcultural connections, further corroborated by understudied overseas glass bead imports found there. This paper presents results of an analysis of 23 glass beads from Soba, the most prosperous capital of medieval Nubia.
Joanna Then‐Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
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The deities on the Kushano-Sasanian coins [PDF]
This article deals with Kushano-Sasanian coins, aiming to interpret the images of deities used on their reverses. The topic has occasionally been discussed in numismatic studies on the Kushano-Sasanian series, and some images have also been examined in ...
Sinisi, Fabrizio
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