ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS [PDF]
This is a proposal to encode Inscriptional Parthian and Inscriptional Pahlavi in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The scripts were published in Unicode Standard version 5.2 in October 2009.
Everson, Michael, Pournader, Roozbeh
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Late Holocene onset of intensive cultivation and introduction of the falaj irrigation system in the Salut oasis (Sultanate of Oman) [PDF]
This paper discusses the time and steps of the introduction of intensive agriculture and evolution of irrigation systems to sustain crops in the palaeo-oasis of Salut in the northern Sultanate of Oman.
Cremaschi, Mauro +5 more
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Forgetting cane grasses: Switching temporal focus to reveal mosaics of Saccharum diversity
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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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula
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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The article before you is a brief discussion of the Qurrؤ. author has tried, through the The distinction of the qari from the People of the qurra , to prove that the usage of the word qurra , meaning reciters of the Qurؤn, to (exclusively) refer to those
T Nagel, Ali Nazemiyan Fard
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Investigating the reason why Marv was named Sāhīgān and the activity of its mint during the Sasanian period [PDF]
IntroductionThe article "Investigating the reason for naming Merv to Shahigan and the activity of its mint during the Sasanian period" examines a special and important title for the city of Merv during the Sasanian period, under the title of "Shahigan ...
Hakimeh Ahmadizadeh Shendi +2 more
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This article aims to survey the sources on the Frataraka to examine their historical role. Initially, we will provide a concise overview of the academic community's contributions and the status quaestionis, presenting the primary testimonies available ...
Raúl Navas-Moreno
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A Comparative Study of the Relationship Between Humans and God in the Philosophy of Ibn Bajja, Plato, and Farabi [PDF]
In the Zoroastrian religion, marriage has a special importance and position, and every Zoroastrian is obliged to get married and form a family in order to keep the name (nāmagānȋh) and the heart of the family alive.
hasan abasi hossein abadi +1 more
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