A note on an Umayyad carved ivory plaque kept at the Walters Art Gallery [PDF]
, 2017 This paper proposes an iconographical and stylistic analysis of a carved ivory plaque kept at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore (acc. no. 71.62). It will show that it is not a Coptic artefact featuring a Sasanian king, as assumed until now, but an ...
DI CESARE, Michelina
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Of highland-lowland borderlands: local societies and foreign power in the Zagros-Mesopotamian interface [PDF]
, 2016 Narratives of civilization are spun from the juxtaposition of a civilized self with that of a barbarous other. Such an opposition is never more easily constructed than from the distinctiveness of lowland and mountain topographies, environments, and life ...
Casana, Jesse, Glatz, Claudia
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Forgetting cane grasses: Switching temporal focus to reveal mosaics of Saccharum diversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 590-602, May 2025.Sugarcane (Saccharum cvs.) is one of the most important cash crops globally. Related varieties and species of cane grasses of the genus Saccharum are also important subsistence crops in the Indo‐Pacific region. Despite the significance of these crops globally and recent advances in genetic characterisation, the histories and geographies of ...
Tim Denham
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State and aristocracy in the Sasanian Empire
, 2015 This thesis aims to consider the competing visions of Sasanian Iran advanced by Arthur Christensen in ‘L’Iran sous les Sassanides’ (1944) and Parvaneh Pourshariati in ‘Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire’ (2008), discuss the relevant evidence in relation to their arguments, and to suggest our own theory of how the Sasanian Empire operated ...
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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula
Archaeometry, 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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Reconstructing landscape evolution in the Lower Khuzestan plain (SW Iran): integrating imagery, historical and sedimentary archives [PDF]
, 2010 During the late Holocene, an avulsion-controlled Karun megafan developed in the Lower Khuzestan plain. Based on the interpretation of satellite data, at least three different Karun channels were detected.
Heyvaert, Vanessa +2 more
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Appling NORTH et al.'s "Natural State" Theory to Interpret SAFAVID's State Evolution from Rise to Its Peak [PDF]
دولتپژوهیExtended AbstractIntroductionInvestigating how the Safavid state emerged and flourished in today’s Iran territory is very useful for understanding Iran's history and current situation.
Mazaher Ziaei
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Ultan Qalası: A Fortified Site in the Sasanian Borderlands (Mughan Steppe, Iranian Azerbaijan) [PDF]
, 2014 Our knowledge of Sasanian imperial strategy continues to grow as a result of a range of projects investigating the frontiers of the Sasanian Empire. Understanding of the north-western fringe of the Empire in particular is being increased by the Mughan ...
Alizadeh, Karim
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Migrations of Turkic Tribes to the Caucasus in the 3-5 Centuries
ЕмінакThe purpose of the research paper is devoted to the analysis of migrations of Turkic tribes in the Caucasus in the 3-5 centuries, their influence on the ethnic composition, socio-political structure and economic development of the region.
Terigele Zhang
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The Representation of Shah Ismail I as the Ideal King: Khandmir’s Iranshahr Model in Habib al-Siyar for Legitimizing the Founder of the Safavid State [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخیThe Safavids ascended to power in Iran through the force of Qizilbash swords. However, as they aimed to establish a long-lasting rule, they introduced distinct cultural claims to legitimize their government.
Amir Ghodsi Simakani +2 more
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