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Byzantium and the Crimea in the Context of Imperial Interests in the Northern Black Sea Area: New Finds of Emperor’s Molybdoboulla in Taurica

open access: yesАнтичная древность и средние века, 2019
The author has discussed the question of Byzantium’s particular interest to the strategically important Crimean region against the background of the seals of Byzantine emperors discovered in Byzantine Taurica.
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Alekseienko
doaj   +1 more source

QURAYYAH PAINTED WARE OUTSIDE THE HEJAZ: EVIDENCE OF A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE IN THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGES?

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 332-356, November 2024.
Summary Qurayyah Painted Ware (QPW) is the most solid evidence of contacts between the Hejaz and the southern Levant in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages. However, even after decades of research, there is still much uncertainty regarding the chronology of these contacts and their nature.
Assaf Kleiman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maṇḍala or Sign? Re-Examining the Significance of the “Viśvavajra” in the Caisson Ceilings of Dunhuang Mogao Caves

open access: yesReligions
This article delves into the exploration of a significant sign, the “viśvavajra”, found in the caisson ceilings of Buddhist esoteric art in Dunhuang’s Mogao Caves.
Li Shen
doaj   +1 more source

Le Mahdi dans le Maghreb médiéval

open access: yesRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2000
North Africa was the great center of Mahdism in mediaeval Islam, where it inspired two out of the three great revolutions that progressively unified the Maghrib between the 4th/10th and 6th/12th centuries : the Fatimid in the tenth and the Almohad in the
Michael Brett
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The Political Economy of Pre-industrial Trade in Northeast Asia [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines why the countries of Northeast Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) in the early nineteenth century traded much less (as measured by the proportion of trade to GDP) than most countries in other parts of the world. It is argued that the most
Hun-Chang Lee
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Geographical Location of Sillā in Muslim Astronomical Literature of the Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries CE

open access: yes, 2018
:The Muslim world has been learning about Korea for a long time. Historical evidence shows that some of this knowledge predates the Islamic era; indeed, Iranian merchants have nurtured ties since the era of the Sillā dynasty (57 BCE–935 CE).
M. Vosooghi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

IRON AGE LEVANTINE POLITIES AND THEIR MATERIAL CULTURE, WITH A CASE STUDY FROM TEL REḤOV, NORTHERN ISRAEL

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 357-372, November 2024.
Summary The following article deals with the possible association of political entities with specific material culture. By referring to a test case from the southern Levant – that of Late Iron IIA (late tenth–ninth centuries BC) Tel Reḥov and its political affiliation within the context of the regional settlement system, this article discusses the ...
Omer Sergi
wiley   +1 more source

The Hieroglyphic Stairway of Copan, Honduras: Study Results and Conservation Proposals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Summarizes historic research and scientific studies on the stone and mortar materials, biological colonization, condition, and environment of the stairway.

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Defamiliarizing Romance: The Arabic sīra in the English Literary Classroom

open access: yesLiterature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 7-9, July-September 2024.
ABSTRACT This article explores the ways in which the Arabic sīra a genre loosely akin to the romance or chivalric epic can be incorporated into undergraduate teaching on medieval romance. Drawing on my own pedagogical experience and guided by ongoing critical work on decolonising and diversifying the curriculum, I demonstrate the values and challenges ...
Shazia Jagot
wiley   +1 more source

Св. Симеон – вечният владетел на сърбите

open access: yesSlavia Meridionalis, 2016
St. Simeon – the eternal ruler of the Serbs The article discusses the development of the cult of St. Simeon (Stefan Nemanja, ca. 1113–1199) in the thirteenth century as a core of the ruler’s ideology and a mirror of the political changes in Serbia. The
Нина [Nina] Гагова [Gagova]
doaj   +1 more source

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