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CT anatomy of cervical vertebrae of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). [PDF]
Vet Med Sci, 2022 This study aimed to investigate a standard morphologic and morphometric description of the elephant cervical spine. For this study, the cervical vertebrae of the Asian elephant, cattle and horse were examined. In this study, the structure of the cervical vertebrae of the Asian elephant was examined, and certain features were observed.
Zehtabvar O +6 more
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A Late Sasanian Coin Hoard from Orumiyeh [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2014 The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) is not only the most important primary source for its monetary and economic history, but also of greatest relevance for its history and art history.Coin hoards are of pivotal importance for studying ...
Daryoosh Akbarzadeh, Nikolaus Schindel
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Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 823-844, December 2023., 2023 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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Towards a Typology of Contact‐Induced Change: Questions, Problems and the Path Ahead
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 336-356, November 2023., 2023 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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Encyclopedia, 2022 Khosrow II (r. 590–628 CE) was the last great Sasanian king who took the throne with the help of the Romans and broke with dynastic religious preferences as he became married to a Christian empress.
Mahdi Motamedmanesh, Samira Royan
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An ʿAqaba/Ayla‐type amphora in the sultanate of Oman
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 119-127, November 2023., 2023 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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The politics of street names: Reconstructing Iran’s collective identity
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 122-143, September 2023., 2023 Abstract With the radical political change in 1979, Iran's revolutionary state assumed the responsibility of re‐rewriting the past history to forge a new sense of belonging, a particularly collective religious (Shia) identity. It launched a complex process of forgetting and remembering to first eliminate the national (Persian), non‐religious memories ...
Ehsan Kashfi
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Qualifying Mediterranean connectivity: Byzantium and the Franks during the seventh century
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 380-404, August 2023., 2023 In the last two decades, historians researching the seventh century ce have increasingly emphasized mobility, communications and connectivity across the Mediterranean world that supposedly included close contacts between the Franks and Byzantium. These studies, however, rely often on optimistic, maximum interpretations of the comparatively sparse ...
Mischa Meier, Steffen Patzold
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 405-429, August 2023., 2023 This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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A Note on the Compound Kabul/ Zirang-China/ Chinestan Based on Kush-nama [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2021 1.Introduction Kuš-nāma (501-04/1108-11) is one of the most important books dealing with Iran-China and Silla historical relations. A unique manuscript of the work (by M.
Daryoosh Akbarzadeh
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