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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

Riders in the Tomb: Women Equestrians in North Chinese Funerary Art (10th–14th Centuries)

open access: yesArts, 2023
For many women living in parts of present-day north China and Mongolia during the 10th to 14th centuries, equestrian activities were a part of daily life. Women of all social levels were expected to know how to ride from an early age.
Eiren L. Shea
doaj   +1 more source

Direct Evidence of the Geographic Origins of Horse in the Yaoheyuan Site From Ningxia, China

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, It is explores the geographic origin of horses by analyzing the strontium isotope ratio of horses from the Yaoheyuan site, an important site in the northwest region of China during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The results show that most of the horses at the Yaoheyuan site were domesticated locally, while a small number came from ...
Youla Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Writing Empire: Culture, Politics, and the Representation of Cultural Others in the Mongol-Yuan Dynasty

open access: yes, 2020
This dissertation explores the intersection of literary and cultural identities by examining the representation of cultural others during the Mongol-Yuan dynasty from the 13th to the mid-14th century. With a ruling class that was Mongol, not Han Chinese,
Hui, Ming Tak Ted
core   +4 more sources

The Causal Role of Adiposity in Mental Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Mendelian Randomization Studies

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to examine the causal effect of adiposity on mental illnesses by summarizing and assessing evidence from Mendelian randomization (MR) studies. Method Searches were conducted on Embase, Medline, and Web of Science from database inception to September 22nd, 2025.
Min Gao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

oreans’ Perception of the Liaodong Region During the Chosŏn Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Korean History, 2016
Liaodong refers to the southeastern part of Liaoning Province today. During the Three Kingdoms Era, this area was part of Koguryŏ territory, and after the collapse of Koguryŏ, it belonged to Parhae.
Jungshin Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 258-296, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese wood frame buildings and the changing dimensions of their structural components in different time periods [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Design and the Built Environment, 2012
The Features of the Chinese wood frame buildings are same in character from dynasty to dynasty. The study concentrates on 9 Chinese wood frame buildings from Tang to Yuan dynasty and tries to relate these buildings with the text described in a building ...
Nujaba Binte Kabir
doaj  

Spiritual Culture of the Oirats in the Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties

open access: yesЭтническая культура
This article explores the spiritual culture of the Oirats against the backdrop of major historical transformations during the Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
Baatr U. Kitinov, Iue Sun
doaj   +1 more source

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