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Wonders and Healings at the Crossroads of Manichaeism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism in Eastern Iran and Central Asia

open access: yesEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2023
The early Sasanian period witnessed a variety of religious beliefs in competition. The clash between Kirdīr and Mani represents just an episode of the triumph the Mazdean church over Manichaeism, as well as over the other religious formations listed in ...
Andrea Piras
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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 364-379, April 2025.
Abstract Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS).
Cristina Boschetti   +4 more
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Arab Conquests. View from Egypt

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2023
The reasons for the success of the Arab conquests present a complex problem. It is difficult to explain the victories of the Arab-Muslim troops, which had much less military-demographic potential than neighboring Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)
Anton Voytenko
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Ancient Cities and Landscapes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey 2012 Season [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In 2012, the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS) conducted its first season of fieldwork. The project’s goal is the complete mapping of the archaeological landscape of Erbil, with an emphasis on the Neo-Assyrian and Hellenistic periods.
De Jong, Lidewijde   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

The convergence and innovation of Sasanian Persian architectural art in medieval Chinese architecture

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
The Sasanian Empire (226–651 CE) developed a distinct architectural system that integrated geometric iwans, Zoroastrian cosmic symbolism, and intricate stucco reliefs, embodying its imperial and religious ideology.
Qing Yang
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The Political and Religious Condition of Iran at Advent of Islam [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2002
Why and how the religion of Islam spread relatively quickly in Iran in the early Muslim centuries is among topics that still attracts scholars in the field of history.
Hossein Moftakhari
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Christians, Jews, and Magic in the Sasanian Realm: Between Confrontation and Cooperation

open access: yesEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2022
This essay focuses on one particular aspect of Jewish-Christian relations during the Sasanian period, namely various types of interaction between the two religious groups in the domain of magic.
Sergey Minov
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Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)

open access: yesEthnobiology Letters, 2016
Gurukly Depe is an archaeological site located in the Serakhs oasis in southeast Turkmenistan, excavated since 2010 by the Polish-Turkmen archaeological mission directed by Professor Barbara Kaim from the University of Warsaw.
Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
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