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A city and its landscape across time: Samarkand in the ancient Sogdiana (Uzbekistan) [PDF]
, 2017 Located in the heartland of Central Asia, Samarkand has always been an economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious hub along the ancient Silk Road.
Mantellini, S.
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'Thou glorious kingdome, thou chiefe of empires': Persia in seventeenth-century travel literature [PDF]
, 2009 Bringing together a range of little-considered materials, this article assesses the portrayal of Persia in seventeenth-century travel literature and drama.
Houston, Chloe
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A Tale of Two Choices: Son Preference and Reproductive Outcomes in Uzbekistan
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, we use data from the recent round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted between 2021 and 2022 to estimate the effect of son preference on reproductive behavior in Uzbekistan. We find strong evidence for differential stopping and spacing behavior among Uzbek women.
Khilola Dushamova +3 more
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The History of Kazakhstan in the Early Timurid Historiography
Әл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті хабаршы шығыстану сериясы, 2021 This article considers works of the early Timurid historiography: the Zafar-name, the Shams al-Husn, and the Muntakhab al-Tavarikh-i Mu‘ini. The Zafar-name played an important role in the formation of the Timurid historiography.
Zh.M. Tulibayeva , Т.E. Tulibayev
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Built Heritage, 2022 The study aims to analyse the architectural typology and determine the period of construction for the preserved traditional mosques of the Quzzat Quarter in the Old City of Herat (known as the Pearl of Khorasan).
Ghulam Mohammad Asim, Hajime Shimizu
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 6, November/December 2025.ABSTRACT Agropastoralism has been a widespread subsistence strategy in Central Asia from prehistory to the present. While significant research has aimed at understanding past agropastoral communities in the region, reconstructing a generalized economic model remains challenging due to the complex topographic and ecological conditions, as well as its ...
G. Brancaleoni +13 more
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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A Comparative Study of the Sheikh Sanan Story in the Mantegh-al Teyr of Atar and Timurid Paintings [PDF]
هنر اسلامی, 2015 Sheikh Sanan is amongst one of the oldest stories in Persian literature which is also considered as one of the well-known narrations of Atar’s Mantegh al Teyr.
Mehdi Mohammad Zadeh, Vida Ghasemi
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Blank slate: squares and political order of city [PDF]
, 2016 This paper aims to analyze the square beyond an architectural element in the city, but weaves this blank slate, with its contemporary socio political atmosphere as a new paradigm.
Mehan, Asma
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History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 201-228, June 2025.ABSTRACT The eighteenth‐century origins of colonial orientalism in India spurred not just the translation of Indian texts but the production of interstitial histories, works that were forged in the intellectual culture of the Mughal Empire and created by individuals who explicitly sought to inform and influence their new colonial patrons.
Abhishek Kaicker
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