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The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
wiley   +1 more source

“Qeidār” Nabi, Buddhist Ilkhan in position of Abrahamic Prophet [PDF]

پژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2014
This article explains how and why the (monumental?) tomb of Arghun Khan (r. 683–690/1284–1291), the fourth Ilkhanid monarch of Persia, was converted to the Islamic shrine of Qeidār-e Payambar (Qedar the prophet), and gives a better justification for the ...
پدرام جم
doaj   +1 more source

The exploitation of silver deposits in early medieval Europe: some documentary, economic and social problems

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on Southern Europe, this article sheds light on the mining landscape of the early Middle Ages. Based on the current state of historical and archaeological knowledge, the article raises a number of questions that can be extended to other European regions.
Nicolas Minvielle Larousse
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract In this conversational piece, we reflect on our experience of working with and on maps and map‐makers that have shaped linguistic conventions and ideas, suggesting geographers have much to contribute by engaging with such mapping. It illuminates how maps rendered the unpredictable geography of speakers and the naming of places as ...
Beth Williamson, Philip Jagessar
wiley   +1 more source

Managing death in exile

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Managing Death in Exile is a theatrical performance that draws on ethnographic research with long‐term asylum‐seekers from sub‐Saharan Africa in Hong Kong since 2012. The performance told the story of Denise (pseudonym), who had to manage the illness, funeral, cremation, and repatriation of ashes of her good friend, Rosie (pseudonym). Dying in
Sealing Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

Correctable or not? The case of plant epithets derived from the Elbrus/Elburs Mountains in Iran, with further notes on taxonomic grey literature

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Plant name epithets (as well as names of other organisms governed by the ICN), which are derived from geographic names, are not correctable when their original spelling was intentional and based on contemporary linguistic realities, even if it is currently considered outdated.
Alexander N. Sennikov, Irina V. Belyaeva
wiley   +1 more source

Garuda myth-based toponym as a portrait of Indonesian cultural activities in the Solon years

Cogent Arts & Humanities
Name-giving is vital in Indonesian culture. Names of places, oftentimes bestowed by the king, are often associated with the mythology and culture of those residing around the area.
S. M. Fitriyah, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Plant‐Diversity Dark Spot at the Intersection of Three Biodiversity Hotspots: Environmental Drivers of Brassicaceae Richness in Türkiye

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Türkiye lies at the intersection of three global biodiversity hotspots yet is recognised as a global plant‐diversity "dark spot." Using > 15,000 georeferenced herbarium records and spatial regression models, we examined the environmental drivers of Brassicaceae species and endemic richness across the country. Species richness increased with topographic
İlayda Dumlupınar, Barış Özüdoğru, Hakan Gür   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Context-Based Local Toponym Extraction and Chinese Textual Address Segmentation from Urban POI Data

ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf., 2020
Georeferencing by place names (known as toponyms) is the most common way of associating textual information with geographic locations. While computers use numeric coordinates (such as longitude-latitude pairs) to represent places, people generally refer ...
X. Kuai, R. Guo, Zhijun Zhang, B. He, Zhigang Zhao, Han Guo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2026.
Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
wiley   +1 more source