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Ex occidente imperium : Alexander the Great and the rise of the Maurya empire [PDF]
, 2015 Since the nineteenth century, many authors have seen the campaign of Alexander the Great in the Punjab as a pivotal moment in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
Fauconnier, Bram
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization is studied through the analysis of Early Dynastic III Period (2600–2350 BCE) carnelian beads from the site of Kish, Iraq. Morphological and technological features of the beads are compared with beads from the Indus region.
J. Mark Kenoyer +2 more
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Bordering Power: Reinterpreting Three First Cataract Inscriptions of King Merenra
Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences)This paper reconsiders three royal inscriptions of King Merenra (Sixth Dynasty) in the region of the First Nile Cataract. They have long been known to scholars but have not received extensive treatment beyond translations.
Oren Siegel +3 more
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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The Mixed Gamble of Competitive Dynamics in Family‐Controlled Firms
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract We extend the mixed gamble perspective to explain how family‐controlled firms frame and evaluate the difficult trade‐off between potential gains and losses in financial wealth (FW) and socioemotional wealth (SEW) when pursuing portfolio‐level strategic initiatives, as captured by competitive aggressiveness and complexity.
Jaeyoung Cho +2 more
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Hadith in the Ancient Schools of Law According to Joseph Schacht
Mashdar, 2023 In the 3rd century H, the traditions of the Prophet have been collected. In the sixth book (al-Kutub as-Sittah) only the traditions of the Prophet are prioritized. Before Asy-Syāfi‘ī (d.
Fahmi Riady +2 more
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Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 21-37, March 2026.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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The Correction of some Couplets of Suzani Samarghndi [PDF]
متن شناسی ادب فارسی, 2018 The outstanding importance of Soozani Samarghandi’s Divan (collection of works), the poet of sixth century, is due to the use of numerous words related to overseas as well as less frequently used words in two Arabic and Persian languages.
Mahdi Kadkhodaye terahi +1 more
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Was it Translated: Türkish Diplomatic Correspondence to China in Medieval Times [PDF]
, 2008 Ancient diplomatic correspondence to China from East Asian states has been a subject of research interest in Sinology, especially with respect to its relevance to historical politics and ideology in Asia.
Lung, Rachel
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, 2019 The era of the 25th Dynasty during the eighth and seventh centuries BCE witnessed the annexation of Egypt by kings from the neighboring land of Kush. The phrase “Twenty-fifth Dynasty” may therefore refer to either this family of royals, the state they ...
Pope, Jeremy
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