Middle Eastern history Books
YouCaxton Publications Guide to Turkey for History Travellers
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Edinburgh University Press A Chronicle of the Reign of Shah 'Abbas Vol 1
£99.53
Edinburgh University Press A Chronicle of the Reign of Shah 'Abbas Vol 2
Book SynopsisThis substantial and largely unknown Persian chronicle of the reign of Shah ?Abbas I (1587-1629) exists in a unique manuscript, recently discovered in the Library of Christ?s College, Cambridge. Its author, Fazl-Allah Khuzani Isfahani, member of an important bureaucratic family, provides an insider?s account of this crucial period in Persian history, with a wealth of detail about the central and provincial administration and much information not found in other sources. Shortly after the succession of Shah Safi I, Fazl-Allah left for India, where he continued to work on his chronicle. So far, three volumes of the Afzal al-tawarikh have come to light, covering the reigns of Shah Isma?il, Shah Tahmasp and Shah ?Abbas; none of them is complete and each exists only in a sole copy.Volume 3 on Shah ?Abbas is a composite work, containing many of the author?s handwritten corrections and marginalia, making it a fascinating example of the composition of a work in progress. The complete text of 579 folios has been edited by Kioumars Ghereghlou (Columbia University); the publication is accompanied by detailed indexes and a substantial introduction by Kioumars Ghereghlou and Charles Melville (University of Cambridge) on the life and career of Fazl-Allah, the significance of his work and the manuscripts on which it is based. This is volume two.
£99.53
Edinburgh University Press The 1820 Russian Survey of the Khanate of Shirvan
Book SynopsisShirvan, today mainly part of Azerbaijan, existed as an autonomous khanate, under Iranian influence, until 1820, when under pressure from Russia, the khan fled to Iran, and Shirvan was immediately annexed along with two neighbouring khanates. Thus the last independent region in the South Caucasus was now incorporated in Russian territory. In order to enumerate the population and especially to ascertain revenues, a survey was ordered to be conducted. The survey, titled The Description of the Shirvan Province, compiled in 1820, was eventually published in 1867. The number of copies printed was very few, and only a handful of copies now exist. The present work is a translation of the original survey. It details the Christian and Muslim population and the revenues collected from each district and village. Bournoutian?s extensive annotations and explanatory notes provide an accurate picture of the demography and economic conditions of a former Iranian province prior to its incorporation into the Russian Empire.
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GINGKO The Unfinished Arab Spring: Micro-Dynamics of
Book SynopsisThe aim of this volume is to adopt an original analytical approach in explaining various dynamics at work behind the Arab Spring, through giving voice to local dynamics and legacies rather than concentrating on debates about paradigms. It highlights micro-perspectives of change and resistance as well of contentious politics that are often marginalised and left unexplored in favour of macro-analyses. First, the story of the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Morocco and Algeria is told through diverse and novel perspectives, looking at factors that have not yet been sufficiently underlined, but carry explanatory power for what has occurred. Second, rather than focusing on macro-comparative regional trends - however useful they might be - the contributors to the book focus on the particularities of each country, highlighting distinctive micro-dynamics of change and continuity. The essays collected here are contributions from renowned writers and researchers from the Middle East and North Africa, along with Western experts, thus allowing the formation of a sophisticated dialogic exchange.Trade Review"The book does make a compelling critique of the common paradigms through which scholars see the region and the enduring tendency to over-emphasize the role of elite politics and formal political institutions." * The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies *
£38.00
GINGKO You Can Crush the Flowers: A Visual Memoir of the
Book SynopsisPart visual history, part memoir, You Can Crush the Flowers is the celebrated Egyptian-Lebanese artist Bahia Shehab's chronicle of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its aftermath, as it manifested itself not only in the art on the streets of Cairo but also through the wider visual culture that emerged during the Revolution. Marking the ten year anniversary of the revolution, the book tells the stories that inspired both her own artwork and those of her fellow-revolutionaries. It narrates the events of the revolution as they unfolded, describing on one hand the tactics deployed by the regime to drive protesters from the street, from the use of tear gas and snipers to employing brute force, intimidation techniques and virginity tests, and on the other hand the retaliation by the protesters online and on the street in marches, chants, street art and memes. Throughout this powerful and moving account, and using a vast array of over 250 images, Bahia Shehab responds to what she has witnessed as both artist and activist. The result bears witness to the brutality of the regime and pays tribute to the protestors who bravely defied it.Trade Review"By her own account, Shehab, one of the Arab world’s most inventive graphic artists, was not a political rebel until the Egyptian uprising of 2011. . . The memoir is evocative and moving; the illustrations an important piece of the historical record." * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction 6Rooms in an Imagined Museum (25 January to 11 February 2011) 10The Calligrapher’s Headline (12 February 2011) 18A State of Democratic Infancy (February to October 2011) 22A Thousand Times No (November to December 2011) 28First Anniversary (January to March 2012) 40The Candidates (March to June 2012) 60The New Pharaoh (July to December 2012) 72The Children of Asyut (January to June 2013) 82Rebel, Cat! (June 2013) 92Stealing the Dream (June 2013) 102A Conversation (July to October 2013) 108Ten Years On: May You See Days Better than Mine 114Bibliography 138Endnotes 141
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GINGKO Memories of a Bygone Age: Qajar Persia and
Book SynopsisSet against the backdrop of Iran s struggle against the rising powers of Russia and Britain, the memoirs of Mirza Riza Khan Arfa -ed-Dowleh otherwise known as Prince Arfa (1853 1902) are packed with picaresque adventures as the prince tells the story of his rise from humble provincial beginnings to the heights of the Iranian state. With this translation, his incredible story is brought to life for the first time in English. Prince Arfa writes with arresting wit about the deadly intrigues of the Qajar court. Lamentingly, but resolutely, he chronicles the decline of Iran from a once great empire to an almost bankrupt, lawless state, in which social unrest is channelled and exploited by the clergy. He describes the complex interactions between Iran and Europe, including an account of Naser-od-Din Shah s profligate visits to Britain and France; the splendor and eccentricities of the doomed Tsar Nicholas II s court; the Tsar s omen-laden coronation; and his own favor with the Tsarina, who would grant him concessions on matters of vital importance to his country. The result is a memoir of extraordinary political intrigue. "Trade ReviewPrince Arfa was an Iranian diplomat of modest origins and exceptional linguistic ability, being fluent in several languages, especially Russian. He combined an empathy with foreigners unusual for an Iranian of that time with diplomatic skill and presence of mind. An intriguing aspects of this memoir is the manner in which the Qajar regime deployed an official with these talents and the kind and degree of responsibility they gave him. His memoirs will be of particular interest to scholars of Iranian-Russian relations for his negotiations on the north-west boundary of Iran; his averting of a clash in Khorasan between the Islamic clerics of Mashhad and a Russian military presence dealing with quarantine; his account of the traditional practice at the Russian court, and public resentment of its expenditure; and the significant role he played in the negotiations for the Russian loan to Iran in 1900. His diplomacy also extended to other countries, such as involving Sweden in a dispute between Iran and Italy. His memories are of more general interest for their amusing portrayal of the events of Nasr al-Din Shah s journey to Europe in 1887 89. He also provides a lively account of aspects of life in Iran in the Qajar period, of the culture of childhood and traditional education; of health, diet and, the variety of practice in traditional medicine; and of the role of poetry daily life. His memories demonstrate the Iranian fascination with European women, already highlighted by recent research on their images in the Iranian houses of the time. Michael No?l-Clarke has provided a clear, lively and concise translation accompanied by informative annotation and biographical notes. --Vanessa Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London";Memories of a Bygone Age: Qajar Persia and Imperial Russia 1853-1902, by Prince Arfa'. Translated and edited by Michael Noel-Clarke. Gingko Library, 2016, 306 pp, ISBN 978-1-909942-86-8, GBP30.00 Reviewed by James Buchan Mirza Reza Khan, Arfa' od-Dowleh, later Prince Arfa', was an Iranian diplomat and man of letters of the late Qajar period. Born in modest circumstances in Tabriz in about 1853, and bred to the seminary, he entered Nassereddin Shah's service and became in succession Consul-General in Tiflis in Georgia, Minister in St. Petersburg, Ambassador in Istanbul, Minister of Justice, and Iran's representative to the League of Nations. Having amassed a fortune, Prince Arfa built fine houses in and near Tiflis and the Moorish villa in the Moneghetti district of Monaco now known as the Villa Ispahan. Just before his death in 1937, Prince Arfa' returned to Tehran and put in order his memoirs, which were published as the Khaterate perans Arfa' in Tehran in 1965, and re-issued in 1999. Michael Noel-Clarke, a former chairman of this society who is married to Prince Arfa"s great-granddaughter, has translated into English much of the first half of the memoirs, ending in 1901. Noel-Clarke's version casts a brilliant side-light on Iranian life and Nassereddin's Court and administration under the shadow of British and Russian encroachment. It portrays an attractive young man who through his talent as a linguist and versifier, luck, boldness and prudence, and by attaching himself to a succession of great men, negotiates a perilous and illusive Court. It is a handsome book, wellmade, -printed and -illustrated, not expensive, and provided with not one but two silk bookmarks. As so often with political memoirs, the early pages have the most charm before success, money and power bring in what Adam Smith called "the corruption of our moral sentiments." Reza's youth passed in the last truly Iranian age, before the pressure of the world caused that people to modify distinctive habits of thought and conduct. Son of a cloth merchant in Tabriz, Reza was destined for the turban before a flood in 1872 destroyed his father's stock. He was sent to Istanbul to work in the shop of a relation, Hajji Reza Aqa Salmasi. Passing through Erivan, he heard for the first time the words "geography" and "Australia" and saw, in a sort of epiphany, the shortcomings of his traditional education. In Istanbul, Mirza Reza learned good French and some English, but the climate disagreed with him. Returning through Tiflis, he was engaged as a clerk at the Iranian Consulate-General, where he learned to speak Russian and to please European ladies, the guardian angels of his career. In 1878, as Nassereddin Shah travelled through the Caucasus on his second European trip, his Russian-language interpreter took the wrong pills, and Reza was taken on as substitute. He acquitted himself so well as to be appointed a secretary at the ConsulateGeneral in Tiflis, and then, in 1883, the interpreter for the joint commission to delimit the border between Russia and Khorasan. There, he gained the favour of the Shah by persuading the Russians to withdraw the frontier so as not to cut off the village of Lotfabad from its farms and pastures. He also attached himself to the Amin osSoltan, later prime minister. Despatched to Enzeli to accompany to Tehran the new Italian minister, Alessandro de Rege di Donato and his countess and her companion, Mirza Reza started to see his homeland through a foreigner's eyes. In 1889, Mirza Reza was included in the party for Nassereddin Shah's third visit to Europe. He records unforgettable scenes: the Shah trying to give his courtiers the slip to roam Warsaw incognito, or leaving a ball in Edinburgh because he could not bear to see the kilted Scotsmen's knees. At Buchanan Castle near Stirling, seat of the Duke of Montrose, after the Shah had gone to bed, Mirza Reza and the prime minister were rowed by moonlight across the lake by two sisters, one of them singing. The Amin os-Soltan said in his ear: "If I spend the rest of my life in prison and in fetters, I would not exchange this moment." On his return, Mirza Reza was appointed Consul-General in Tiflis, and given a charge on the issue of all Iranian passports in the Caucasus. He discovered a taste for money. Five years later, he became minister in St Petersburg, and his memoirs go downhill. 48 His good fortune, which up to then had been a matter of providences and premonitions, becomes his own doing. The ladies cease to be angels, but frail creatures who cannot resist his charm. At the Empire Theatre in London, he had hypnotised the Princess of Wales. Now, the Tsarina seeks him out in a crowded room. The reader begins to doubt him. His account of how he outwitted Counts Lamsdorf and Witte over the terms of the Russian loan to Iran of 1900 is especially hard to credit. At this point, the translator, with the ruthlessness of all posterity, calls a halt and, but for a haunting account of the classical dancer Monavvar-e Shirazi, ends his labours. We thus miss, amid much of little value, some matters of interest and importance. Noel-Clarke has aimed his translation at the general reader, or rather that general reader who can navigate what the founder of the Iran Society, Edward Browne, called the "appalling complexity" of Qajar nomenclature: that confusion of Molks, Dowlehs and Saltanehs that is "one of the great obstacles to the popularization of Persian history." Noel-Clarke attends to this problem, providing from the best sources a glossary of the leading figures of the late Qajar Court and public service. Hence the second book-mark.
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GINGKO Making the Modern Middle East
Book SynopsisIn 1914 the Middle East was still dominated, as it had been for some four centuries, by the Ottoman Empire; by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition as the result of the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and of Zionism. This book examines that historic transformation, taking as its focus the work of three leaders. The Hashemite Emir Feisal hoped to head an Arab kingdom in Syria but was thwarted by the French. The Turkish war hero Mustafa Kemal defied the imperial ambitions of the European powers, inspiring a new Turkish nationalism and founding a secular republic on the ruins of a defeated empire. The Russian-born scientist Chaim Weizmann seized the chance to secure the Balfour Declaration in favour of Zionism from the British in 1917, and then successfully argued for a British mandate for Palestine which would carry this out.
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Legend Press Ltd The Wall Between Us: Notes from the Holy Land
Book Synopsis''The biology of Israel/Palestine simply and beautifully revealed... Matthew Small, despite the horror of both the war, and the wall, works and travels both sides of the divide, and brings us to an understanding of where the seeds of peace can yet be found.'' Jon Snow, Journalist and Presenter Writer Matthew Small travelled to the Holy Land to further his understanding of the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine. While there, he discovered beauty, fear and suffering like nowhere else in the world.In these honest and evocative reflections, Small retells his experiences of crossing into the West Bank to work the olive harvest with Palestinian farmers. He relates his encounters with organisations that are determinedly working to sow the seeds of peace in soils that are deeply scarred by suffering and war. While reliving these unforgettable experiences, through his writing he struggles to find why the wall between these two groups of people exists.Deciding to join a group of international and Israeli volunteers, Small attempts to show that, despite the ongoing occupation, peace is not lost, but still to be discovered.
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Medina Publishing Ltd Alexandria: City of Gifts and Sorrows
Book SynopsisAncient Alexandria was built by the Greek Macedonians. Ptolemy started the dynasty and in thirty years completed the first lighthouse, and the grand library and museum, which functioned as a university with an emphasis on science, known as "The Alexandrian School". Scholars attended as "the birthplace of science" from all over the ancient world. Two of the most eminent were Euclid, the father of geometry, and Claudios Ptolemy, writer of The Almagest, a book on astronomy. These are the oldest surviving science textbooks. Herein there are stories about scientists, poets and religious philosophers, responsible for influencing the western mind with their writings.Modern Alexandria was rebuilt in 1805 by multi-ethnic communities who created a successful commercial city and port with an enviable life-style for its inhabitants for 150 years. In 1952 the Free Officers of the Egyptian Army masterminded a coup to free the country from the monarchy and British domination. In 1956 the socialist regime under Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Suez Canal, resulting in the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion. This outburst of Egyptian nationalism and military revolution by this understandably anti-Western regime included the confiscation of property belonging to foreigners and the subsequent mass exodus of business and artisan classes that hitherto had made the city so successful. The author was an eye-witness to these events and he sets out the political errors and failures of both Egyptian and Western leaders. The legacy of the resulting political and social confusions is deeply apparent in the continuing unrest in the Middle East, and in particular in Egypt.
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Medina Publishing Ltd Emirates Diaries: From Sheikhs to Shakespeare
Book SynopsisEmirates Diaries tells the story of how Peter Clark came to love the Emirates and its people. He got to know Abu Dhabi sheikhs and Dubai merchants and people at every level of society. The country was on the cusp of enormous economic expansion and this book is an affectionate picture of the Emirates when it was still like a chain of large informal villages. The people of the UAE were aware of their good fortune and were, he found, open, generous and innovative. Clark arranged for the explorer Wilfred Thesiger to return to the country he had celebrated before it became oil-rich. Thanks to Peter, Thesiger met up with his old companions who had accompanied him in crossing the Empty Quarter 40 years earlier. Peter embedded himself in the local cultural scene and translated stories by Dubai's best known writer, Muhammad al-Murr. Emirates Diaries tells of opera in Ras Al Khaimah, how Shakespeare was brought to large audiences of young people, how to organize a royal visit, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease among the oryx in the Al Ain zoo, the culture of camel racing and an unpaid bill left by Margaret Thatcher. The diaries sparkle with mischievous humor and acute observation. This book is a prequel to Peter Clark's Damascus Diaries: Life under the Assads, described by The Economist as 'quirky, digressive and indiscreet'.
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Medina Publishing Ltd Sea of Pearls: The History of Pearl Fishing in
Book SynopsisThe history of pearling is inextricably linked to the history of Bahrain, the strategically-located Gulf archipelago set amidst one of the richest and most plentiful pearl fisheries in the world. Sea of Pearls tells the story of pearl fishing in the Gulf, and the role that this timeless industry played in global commerce, fashion, urban development, political struggles and the earliest ever long-distance maritime trade. From the 18th to 20th centuries, the industry boomed, as pearls were fished by ever-increasing numbers of tribesmen and townspeople to feed an expanding international market. Bahrain was at the centre of this activity before the industry's collapse in the early 20th century with the introduction of cultured pearls from Japan. The influx of traders, migrants, merchants and political advisors - each seeking to partake in the booming trade - left an indelible mark on the Gulf, germinating new city-states with cosmopolitan communities, which are now the global metropolises that we know today. Launching with the generous support of the Bahrain Authority of Culture and Antiquities (BACA), Sea of Pearls spotlights Bahrain's UNESCO-listed 'Pearling Path', a 3.5 km pathway taking visitors on a journey from the oyster beds of Muharraq to the historical merchant homes and other structures involved in the pearling economy. Lavishly illustrated, this book covers in unprecedented detail the history, development, impact and florescence of this ancient industry before it died out and was eclipsed in the age of oil. It is essential reading, not only for those wishing to understand the historical growth and geopolitical dynamics of pearl fishing, but also for those interested in the history and origins of the Gulf states. It is the fascinating, seldom-told story behind the world's enduring desire for one of humankind's most prized precious stones.
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Medina Publishing Ltd Sea of Pearls
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Gibb Memorial Trust Faaili Balkh or the Merits of Balkh
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GINGKO Iran and Global Decolonisation: Politics and
Book SynopsisHow did Iran’s unique position in the world affect and define its treatment of decolonization? During the final decades of Pahlavi rule in the late 1970s, the country sought to establish close relationships with newly independent counterparts in the Global South. Most scholarly work focused on this period is centered around the Cold War and Iran's relations with the United States, Russia, and Europe. Little attention has been paid to how the country interacted with other regions, such as Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Adding to an important and growing body of literature that discusses the profound and lasting impact of decolonization, Iran and Global Decolonisation contributes to the theoretical debates around the re-shaping of the world brought about by the end of an empire. It considers not only the impact of global decolonization on movements and ideas within Iran but how Iran’s own experiences of imperialism shaped how these ideas were received and developed.
£45.00
GINGKO The First World War and Its Aftermath in the
Book Synopsis Gathers together leading scholars in the field to examine the impact of World War I on the Middle East, which is crucial to understanding the region?s current problems and the rise of groups like the Islamic State. In addition to recounting the crucial international politics that drew fierce lines in the sands of the Middle East?a story of intrigue between the British, Russians, Ottomans, North Africans, Americans, and others?the contributors engage topics ranging from the war?s effects on women, the experience of the Kurds, sectarianism, the evolution of Islamism, and the importance of prominent intellectuals like Ziya Gökalp and Michel ?Aflaq. They examine the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the exploitation of notions of Islamic unity and pan-Arabism, the influences of Woodrow Wilson and American ideals on Middle East leaders, and likewise the influence of Vladimir Lenin?s vision of a communist utopia. Altogether, they tell a story of promises made and promises broken, of the struggle between self-determination and international recognition, of centuries-old empires laying in ruin, and of the political poker of the twentieth century that carved up the region, separating communities into the artificial states we know today.
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GINGKO Power Resistance Ideology and the State
Book SynopsisThe work of Charles Tripp -prof at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) for over three decades- has shaped a distinct approach to the study of Middle East politics. This volume brings together eleven contributors, each of which takes Tripp's work as an intellectual point of departure for studying politics in the region.
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Just World Books Gaza Unsilenced
Book SynopsisDuring Israel’s lengthy 2014 assault on Gaza, voices worldwide rose in stunned protest. Using numerous creative means, Palestinians and their allies bore witness to the Israeli attacks—and to the siege that has strangled Gaza ever since. Gaza Unsilenced foregrounds the words and images with which Gaza Palestinians recorded the pain, losses, and dislocations of the attacks, the continuing punishment of the siege, and their community’s resilience and dignity. The book includes original contributions from the editors themselves along with essays, reportage, images, and poetry from Gaza and elsewhere. Contributors include: Ali Abunimah, Ramzi Baroud, Diana Buttu, Belal Dabour, Chris Hedges, Rashid Khalidi, and Eman Mohammed.
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La Compagnie Littéraire Mémento de lHistoire de lEgypte ancienne et moderne
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De Gruyter Geburt und Hochzeit des Kriegers: Geschlechterdifferenz und Initiation in Mythos und Ritual der griechischen Polis
Book SynopsisDie Autorin untersucht eine Gruppe von Mythen und Festen der antiken griechischen Religion, in denen die Motive des Geschlechterrollentauschs und der Geschlechtsumwandlung eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Die Anwendung aktueller religionswissenschaftlicher Theorien und der Ergebnisse der Gender Studies führt zu einem neuen differenzierten Bild des gesamten Komplexes im historischen Kontext der griechischen Polisreligion in archaischer und klassischer Zeit.Table of ContentsMyth and ritual in theory and practice; Kaineus and Kainis. Achilleus and Thetis; the oschophoria in Athens; Theseus, Apollo and the gifts of the Ariadne Aphrodite; Ekdysia in Phaistos.
£85.00
Walter de Gruyter Jüdische Jugend Im Übergang - Jewish Youth in
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Walter de Gruyter Reiseführer Auf Osmanisch
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Walter de Gruyter Ägyptisches Buchwesen
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de Gruyter Oldenbourg Blackness and Jewishness Ethiopian Jewrys Durability
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Walter de Gruyter The Haredim
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Kohlhammer Die Ptolemaer: Im Reich Der Kleopatra
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Kohlhammer Gottesstreiterinnen: Biblische Erzahlungen Uber
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Kohlhammer W. Ali Khamenei
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Deutscher Kunstverlag Pfeil und Lanzenspitzen
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Harrassowitz Asyut - The Capital That Never Was
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Harrassowitz Agyptische Achtungsfiguren Und Achtungslisten Im
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Harrassowitz Agypten - Geschichte in Stein
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Harrassowitz Recordkeeping Practices in First Millennium BC
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Harrassowitz Verlag Ante Portas Extra Muros
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Harrassowitz Verlag Old Tombs New Tenants
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Harrassowitz Verlag La lustration des offrandes isfsf 3w.ti
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Harrassowitz Verlag Ostsyrische Christologie im Gespräch mit dem
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Harrassowitz Verlag Die astronomische Decke in Esna
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Harrassowitz Verlag Rites Rituals and Festivals as Instruments of Stability of Royal Power
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Harrassowitz Verlag Die Marktaufsicht in Ägypten und Syrien im
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Harrassowitz Verlag Tempel Tiere Sternenhimmel
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Harrassowitz Verlag Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten
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Verlag Herder Herders Neuer Bibelatlas: Uberarbeitete
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Brill Schoningh Memoiren Eines Janitscharen Oder Türkische
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Brill I Schoeningh Transzendentales Agypten
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Coins and Economy in Magdala/Taricheae
Book SynopsisOn a monetary basis, Magdala must be considered as one of the most important and active settlements between the 1st century BC and most of the 3rd century AD on Lake Kinneret, a place of production and trade, of supply for military forces, certainly in contact with other trading centres, probably located on the Mediterranean coast, however in a 'market' perspective quite different from our current experience and even from the semantic content of this word, often abused with a semantic extension that does not correspond to the experience of the ancients. Its monetary decline started on the early 4th century, when the economic and monetary strategies of the Constantinian era shifted the flow of money to other routes, especially between the great port cities of the Mediterranean.The welcome contribution of Callegher's study derives from the new data published, which allows us to overcome "clichés" and a stereotypical view of both the archaeological site and the economy of the Upper Galilee.
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Herder Verlag GmbH Die Türken vor Wien
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Peter Lang AG Die Balkankrise Von 1875 Bis 1878 Im Spiegel Osmanischer Und Westlicher Karikaturen
Book SynopsisDieses Buch gibt anhand von graphischen Bildsatiren einen Einblick in die satirische Bearbeitung der Balkankrise von 18751878. Ab den 1870er Jahren erschienen erstmals karikaturistische Satirezeitschriften in osmanischem Türkisch. Die Autorin widmet sich den satirischen Publikationen des wichtigsten Protagonisten dieser Jahre: Teodor Kasap, dem die Synthese des westlichen Konzepts einer Satirezeitschrift mit einer der populärsten Formen osmanischer Satire, dem Schattentheater Karagöz, gelang. Die Herausgeber von Satirezeitschriften hatten die Absicht, nicht nur zur Unterhaltung ihres Publikums beizutragen, sondern auch zur (politischen) Meinungsbildung. Verleger wie Teodor Kasap oder Mehmed Tevfik wussten um die Macht ihrer Blätter und nutzten sie als Medium zur Verbreitung eigener Gedanken, Ideale und Ansichten. Exemplarisch untersucht die Autorin unter anderem die Satirezeitschrift Hayal.
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