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Perceptions and Knowledge on the Effectiveness of a Local Government in Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This study seeks to examine the perceptions and knowledge of local residents on the effectiveness of local government in Iran within the context of the process of decentralization. The study was based on qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Alekajbaf, Hossein
core  

A Comparative Study of the Sassanian Stamp Seal Designs with Drawings in Abd al-Rahman Sufi’s Sovar al-Kavakeb [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Stamp seals are incredibly significant as a category of archeological finds because of their various motifs andfunctions, and inquiry into such glyptic evidence will help reconstruct different aspects of human life.
Hasan Arab, Sattar Khaledian
core   +1 more source

Roman clay lantern from Bijan Island (Iraq) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Lanterns are not as commonly represented in published collections of finds from archaeological contexts as could be expected compared to regular oil lamps.
Krogulska, Maria, Zych, Iwona
core  

The Tribal Kings in Pre-Islamic Arabia [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
This article deals with the issue of tribal kings in pre-Islamic Arabia. These kings, mulūk in Arabic, were no more than tribal leaders who bore the title, malik, and placed crowns on their heads.
‛Athamina, Khalil
core   +2 more sources

RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ROLES OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This article examines changes to the role of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (CHS) from its construction to the Latin Kingdom and argues that these changes reflect shifts in Christian perception of sacred space. When it was first built, the CHS was only
Chen, Jeffrey
core   +2 more sources

A.J. Berkovitz: A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023; pp. x + 263.

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 491-493, December 2024.
Eileen Schuller
wiley   +1 more source

Palindromes: The Rotas Square [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
In 1868 a painted fragment of wall plaster was taken from the dirt of a Roman villa under excavation near Victoria Road, county Gloucester, of south-central England.
Borgmann, Dmitri A.
core   +1 more source

Were customs dues levied at the time of the Prophet Muḥammad? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The levying of customs was common in pre-Islamic Arabia. They were usually levied in the annual fairs and in Mecca, where Muḥammad's ancestor, Qusayy, reportedly levied them from the non-Meccans entering Mecca.
Lecker, Michael
core   +3 more sources

BERDE (BERZA’A) A CITY OF CIVILISATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES

open access: yesZeitschrift für die Welt der Türken, 2014
The city has been the most important symbol of merciless struggle against nature in mankind history since people started to live together. Cities, as places, have been one of the most important indicators of civilizations where humans have fulfilled ...
Mehmet Özmenli
doaj  

Art. IX.—Sassanian Inscriptions [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society
So long ago as the year 1847, during a temporary absence from my duties in India, I volunteered to undertake the classification of certain imperfectly determined and but partially deciphered series of coins in the East India House collection—in continuation and completion of Professor Wilson's comprehensive description of the more popular departments ...
openaire   +1 more source

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