Obesity from a sign of being rich to a disease of the new age: A historical review. [PDF]
Abstract Background and Objective Obesity has historically been seen as a sign of wealth and social privilege, as can be inferred from studying the ancient works. We aimed to report the causes, diagnostic approaches, and treatment among the authentic books of traditional Iranian medicine.
Marghoub S +5 more
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Sasanians at the court of the Liang dynasty (502 - 557 AD) [PDF]
In the first half of the sixth century AD, northern China was riven by internal conflict, and in the south, there was a period of peace. The Liang dynasty ruled large parts of southern China from 502 to 557, and their capital hosted foreign monks and ...
Hamidreza Pashazanous
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A Research in Persian Literature: Continuity of Horse Descriptions in Persian Poetry based on the Role of Sasanian Seals (from Mohsen Foroughi Collection) [PDF]
In this Article, an Attempt is made to Examine a Number of seals Engraved in the Sassanid Period from the Collection of Mohsen Foroughi, which are Engraved with the Image of a horse, as well as the Descriptions of this Animal left in the Poetry and Prose
Payam Kazemi Asfeh +2 more
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A Study of the Seals Used by Kings and Princes Since the Pre-writing Period until the Sassanid Period [PDF]
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Analytic Study of the Impact of Themes and Motifs of Sassanid Metalwork on Buyid Metalwork [PDF]
The changes that have emerged after the Sassanid defeat by the Muslim Arabs and the religious changes that have emerged in Iran have had a dramatic effect on the arts, industries and techniques of the early Islamic centuries.
Abolfazl Sadegpour firuzabad +1 more
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A Critique of the Methodology on the Book Introduction to Iranian Crafts Workshops [PDF]
The Sassanid era is one of the most important periods in Iranian history, with remarkable works of art from this period. The decorative elements in the artworks of this period indicate the connection of beliefs and beliefs in human thought.
Samira Arab +1 more
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Newly-found Evidence of Sassanid Simple-pit Burial at Qaleh Iraj, Pishvā, Iran [PDF]
One of the most important and, at the same time, uncertain subjects related to Sassanid period is the recognition of common burial customs. Despite great attempts of Zoroastrian religious texts to represent a uniform burial tradition across the whole ...
Mehdi Mousavinia +2 more
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Recognition of the Characteristics of Iranian Art and Civilization of the Sassanid City of Gur (224 BC. -1300.) [PDF]
The city is the last phase in the development of the primitive human environment. Cities are the crystallization of the cultural, economic, social and physical systems of their time.
Abozar Khosravi
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The Power of Unintended Consequences: Strategic Naïvety, China and the End of the US Empire
Abstract The decline of major global empires has frequently rested upon an act of strategic naïvety. Such an action or decision, although innocuous at the time, results many decades later in those empires collapsing. History is punctuated by examples of great powers that have misjudged the intentions of a rising power, leading to a highly adversarial ...
Chris Ogden, Mark Bhaskar
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Abstract In this essay, I interrogate the nature and grounds of Milbank's understanding of taste as it applies to differing mythic sensibilities, arguing that it is insufficiently responsive to the priority of God's action and so inadequate to a Christian theological account of the interplay of mythoi.
Andrew T. Shamel
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