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The Black Death in Egypt and England

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2007
In this cross-regional comparative study, Stuart Borsch marshals medieval economic data to address why, following the Black Death, “Egypt’s centralized and urban landholding system was unable to adapt to massive depopulation, while England’s localized ...
Jeffrey C. Burke
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An experience of social interpretation of the materials from the pre-Turkic necropolis of Choburak-I (Northern Altai) [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
The paper concerns the main aspects of social interpretation of a series of burials excavated as part of the pre-Turkic period necropolis at the site of Choburak-I. This complex, investigated by the expedition of the Altai State University, is located in
Seregin N.N., Matrenin S.S.
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‘I’ve Always Fought a Little against the Tide to Get Where I Want to Be’—Construction of Women’s Embodied Subjectivity in the Contested Terrain of High-Level Karate

Social Sciences, 2023
Karate can be both a martial art and a combat sport. Male and female karate athletes attended the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 (2021). Elite sport often portrays female athletes through the sexualization of their bodies, while the martial environment leaves ...
Fabiana Cristina Turelli, Alexandre Fernandez Vaz, David Kirk   +2 more
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Ptolemaic Cavalrymen on Painted Alexandrian Funerary Monuments

Arts, 2019
The multiethnic environment of Ptolemaic Alexandria resulted in cross-cultural transmission of funerary practices and associated material culture that introduced many traditions to Egypt from the Mediterranean world.
Sara E. Cole
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Social Symbolism of Toreutics in Kimek Society: Status of Male Warrior Revisited

Oriental Studies, 2021
The article aims to show the role of toreutic items in the demonstration of the status of a male warrior. Materials. In the Middle Ages toreutics was mainly used in decorating costume details and items of military and horse equipment.
Bakyt М. Khasenova, Gani К. Оmarov, Bauyrzhan B. Besetayev, Maral K. Khabdulina   +3 more
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Cross-sectional Area of the Achilles Tendon in a Cohort of Elite Military Warriors Using Standard Ultrasound Techniques [PDF]

Military Medicine, 2018
The prevalence of Achilles tendon (AT) pathology is common and can result in disability. Understanding normal AT properties can improve our ability to prevent AT injuries. We examined the cross-sectional area of the AT at multiple levels in an asymptomatic population of Army Rangers.This is a prospective cohort study composed of 41 voluntarily ...
Kevin D, Martin, Jeffrey, Wake, Laura, Dawson, J Preston, Van Buren   +3 more
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New Findings ofPectoral Crosses on the Territory of Historical Alania (II)

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2023
Introduction. One of the material evidences of the Christianization of the territory of historical Alania (the east of the Krasnodar Territory – the northern regions of Chechnya) in the period from the 10th to the beginning of the 13th centuries
Viktor Chkhaidze
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The southernmost exceptional archaeological discovery from the Hungarian Conquest period

Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae
The article provides a detailed analysis of the finds from a destroyed Hungarian Conquest Period warrior grave at the site of Mašić Salaš (Stanišić), in the Municipality of Sombor: a gold finger-ring, four gilded belt mounts, and a gold hair ring.
Milica Radišić, Viktorija Uzelac
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Late Sarmatian Elite Military Burial From the Southern Urals

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2015
The article is devoted to the burial of a warrior of Late Sarmatian time from the Southern Urals. The complex from mound no. 4 of the burial mound Taksai I is distinguished by large size of barrow and grave. The reconstructed height of the mound was less
Krivosheev Mikhail Vasilyevich, Lukpanova Yana Amangeldievna   +1 more
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