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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie, the Museum holds more than 80,000 objects and is one of the largest and finest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the worl…
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- 9781910634042
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- 120 p.
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- 932.00744213 STE p
Spatial and temporal dimensions for legal history : Research Experiences and …
"The spatiotemporal conjunction is a fundamental aspect of the juridical reflection on the historicity of law. Despite the fact that it seems to represent an issue directly connected with the question of where legal history is heading today, it still has not been the object of a focused inquiry. Against this background, the book’s proposal consists in rethinking key confluences related to thi…
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- 978394773056
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- 300 p.; 23 cm.
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- Global Perspectives on Legal History
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- 901 SPA s
Fibula, fabula, fact
"The chapters of Fibula, Fabula, Fact – The Viking Age in Finland are intended to provide essential foundations for approaching the important topic of the Viking Age in Finland. These chapters are oriented to provide introductions to the sources, methods and perspectives of diverse disciplines in a way that is accessible to specialists from other fields, specialists from outside Finland, and …
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- 9789522227645
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- 519 p.; 23 cm.
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- Studia Fennica Historica
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- 930 FIB f
TA 30 - Archaeological Science Under a Microscope
These highly varied studies, spanning the world, demonstrate how much modern analyses of microscopic traces on artifacts are altering our perceptions of the past. Ranging from early humans to modern kings, from ancient Australian spears or Mayan pots to recent Maori cloaks, the contributions demonstrate how starches, raphides, hair, blood, feathers, resin and DNA have become essential elements …
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- 9781921536854
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- 931 NUG t
From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities a…
There are probably no other people on earth to whom the image of the ‘stone-age’ is so persistently attached than the inhabitants of the island of New Guinea, which is divided into independent Papua New Guinea and the western part of the island, known today as Papua and West Papua. From ‘Stone-Age’ to ‘Real-Time’ examines the forms of agency, frictions and anxieties the current mome…
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- 9781925022421
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- XIII, 270 p.
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- 995.1 MUN f
Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia : a longue durée perspective
This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access. In Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia: A Longue Dur
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- 9789004288058
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- VIII, 262 p.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 300
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- 959 HEN e
Jihad and Islam in World War I. Studies on the Ottoman Jihad at the centenary…
This books investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation, but also its effects in the wider Middle East. It looks at the German hopes and British fears of a worldwide rising of Muslims in the colonial empires. It also discusses the fierce academic debates caused by the Jihad proclamation, in which the 1915 manifesto of Leiden Islam scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje …
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- 9789087282394
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- 357p. : ill.
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- 940.324561 JIH j
Islam, humanity, and the Indonesian identity : reflections on history
"Islam exists in global history with its richly variegated cultural and social realities. When these specific cultural contexts are marginalized, Islam is reduced to an ahistorical religion without the ability to contribute to humanity. This limited understanding of Islam has been a contributing factor in many of the violent conflicts in the present day. Reflecting on Islam in Indonesia, the wo…
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- 9789400603080
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- 287p. : ill.
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- 959.8 MAA i
Staging China : the politics of mass spectacle
In this volume Florian Schneider shows how mass media events fit into the political, economic, and cultural developments in China. Through expert interviews and empirical studies of production backgrounds and media contents, Schneider explores the communication strategies that informed the Beijing Olympics, the Shanghai Expo, and the 60th Anniversary of the PRC. The book discusses what the impl…
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- 9789400603462
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- 329p. : ill.
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- 950 SCH s
Western Arabia in the Leiden collections : traces of a colourful past
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Dutch diplomats, scholars and travellers assembled unique collections in Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The Dutch presence in Arabia, where they established a consulate in Jeddah, was intimately connected with the supervision of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca from the Netherlands East Indies, present-day Indonesia. Notable guests at this consulate …
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- 9789087282592
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- 191p. : ill.
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- 953.8 MOL w
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