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The word Jondē Šāpur; its meaning and significance [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2012
Sasanians were the great builders of cities and the extension and importance of building cities in Sasanian epoch were reflected in historical and geographical texts.
شهرام جلیلیان
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The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter investigates the archaeological landscapes of the frontiers of the Sasanian Empire. Drawing on evidence from current and archived archaeological surveys, in combination with high-resolution remote sensing datasets such as CORONA spy photography, we compare the organisation of settlements and defensive structures of the Sasanian frontier ...
Lawrence, Dan, Wilkinson, Tony J.
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Introduction Mobility and migration in the early medieval Mediterranean

open access: yes, 2023
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 357-359, August 2023.
Claudia Rapp
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Military Recruitment as a Means of Pacification of the Byzantine Periphery: Tzani in the Imperial Army (6th Century)

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2022
Introduction. The article is devoted to the problem of integration of territories inhabited by the Tzani into the Eastern Roman empire in the 6th century. They were a people who lived in the Pontine Mountains during Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Andrey Nazarov
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Relics and episcopal Authority in Sasanian Iran

open access: yesSociedades Precapitalistas, 2017
This paper analyzes the relationship between episcopacy and the cult of the relics in Sasanian Empire. It will be argued that the cult of martyrs’ relics contributed to the shift in the definition of episcopal Authority in the Church of the East in Fifth
Héctor Ricardo Francisco
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Iconographic and Linguistic Interpretations of the Sasanian Clay Bullae in the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum, Mumbai

open access: yesReligions
This article presents the first comprehensive study of six unprovenanced Sasanian clay bullae from Iran, held at the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum in Mumbai.
Yousef Moradi, Almut Hintze
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TOURAJ DARYAEE & KHODADAD REZAKHANI. FROM OXUS TO EUPHRATES: THE WORLD OF LATE ANTIQUE IRAN. ANCIENT IRAN SERIES VOL. 1 IRVINE/LOS ANGELES, CA: JORDAN CENTRE FOR PERSIAN STUDIES/FARHANG FOUNDATION, 2017, XVI + 106P., ISBN 978-1-780835907.

open access: yesJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2021
Touraj Daryaee & Khodadad Rezakhani. From Oxus to Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran. Ancient Iran Series Vol. 1 Irvine/Los Angeles, CA: Jordan Centre for Persian Studies/Farhang Foundation, 2017, xvi + 106p., ISBN 978-1-780835907.
Matthew Gray Marsh
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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
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The Armenian military under Justinian and Maurice: A reply to pseudo-criticism

open access: yesУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2020
This polemical paper discusses the three negative reviews written by Everett L. Wheeler, Ch.G. Mak­rypoulias, N.D. Barabanov, and G.G. Markaryan on the book “The Armenian Military in the Byzantine Empire: Conflict and Alliance under Justinian and Maurice”
A.M. Ayvazyan
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
wiley   +1 more source

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