Nomads And The Awr N In The Late Hellenistic And Roman Periods
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Literacy And Identity In Pre Islamic Arabia
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Author : M.C.A. Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-02-23
Literacy And Identity In Pre Islamic Arabia written by M.C.A. Macdonald and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-23 with History categories.
In these studies Michael Macdonald examines the extraordinary flowering of literacy in both the settled and nomadic populations of western Arabia in the 1500 years before the birth of Islam, when a larger proportion of the population could read and write than in any other part of the ancient Near East, and possibly any other part of the ancient world. Even among the nomads there seems to have been almost universal literacy in some regions. The scores of thousands of inscriptions and graffiti they left paint a vivid picture of the way-of-life, social systems, and personal emotions of their authors, information which is not available for any other non-élite population in the ancient Near East outside Egypt. This abundance of inscriptions has enabled Michael Macdonald to explore in detail some of the - often surprising - ways in which reading and writing were used in the literate and non-literate communities of ancient Arabia. He describes the many different languages and the distinct family of alphabets used in ancient Arabia, and discusses the connections between the use of particular languages or scripts and expressions of personal and communal identity. The problem of how ancient perceptions of ethnicity in this region can be identified in the sources is another theme of these papers; more specifically, they deal from several different perspectives with the question of what ancient writers meant when they applied the term 'Arab' to a wide variety of peoples throughout the ancient Near East.
Geography Urbanisation And Settlement Patterns In The Roman Near East
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Author : Henry Innes MacAdam
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-01
Geography Urbanisation And Settlement Patterns In The Roman Near East written by Henry Innes MacAdam and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-01 with History categories.
This title was first published in 2002: This volume focuses on the Roman provinces of Syria and Arabia, above all the lands now within Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The first articles look at questions of geography, cartography and toponymy, particularly in Strabo, Pliny and Ptolemy. The following sections are concerned with settlement patterns and urban development in the region. In the Roman and early Byzantine periods, the inland areas underwent a gradual transformation, from a semi-sedentary, lightly populated and predominantly rural region, to one of large cities and a network of prosperous, socially sophisticated villages, linked by a network of roads. That change is documented by a wealth of epigraphy from both the urban communities and their outlying settlements (the subject of several articles). By the 4th century, too, Christianity had become the dominant religion and remained such until the arrival of Islam.
The Cambridge Ancient History Vol Xi
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Author : Sa Cook
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-22
The Cambridge Ancient History Vol Xi written by Sa Cook and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-22 with categories.
Tracing the development of ancient civilizations from Egypt to Greece, this volume continues the groundbreaking Cambridge Ancient History series. Lavishly illustrated and expertly written, it is an essential reference for anyone interested in the ancient world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Greek Lexicon Of The Roman And Byzantine Periods
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Author : Evangelinus Apostolides Sophocles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Greek Lexicon Of The Roman And Byzantine Periods written by Evangelinus Apostolides Sophocles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with categories.
The Cambridge Handbook Of Linguistic Typology
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Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-30
The Cambridge Handbook Of Linguistic Typology written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Linguistic typology identifies both how languages vary and what they all have in common. This Handbook provides a state-of-the art survey of the aims and methods of linguistic typology, and the conclusions we can draw from them. Part I covers phonological typology, morphological typology, sociolinguistic typology and the relationships between typology, historical linguistics and grammaticalization. It also addresses typological features of mixed languages, creole languages, sign languages and secret languages. Part II features contributions on the typology of morphological processes, noun categorization devices, negation, frustrative modality, logophoricity, switch reference and motion events. Finally, Part III focuses on typological profiles of the mainland South Asia area, Australia, Quechuan and Aymaran, Eskimo-Aleut, Iroquoian, the Kampa subgroup of Arawak, Omotic, Semitic, Dravidian, the Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian and the Awuyu-Ndumut family (in West Papua). Uniting the expertise of a stellar selection of scholars, this Handbook highlights linguistic typology as a major discipline within the field of linguistics.
The Oxford Introduction To Proto Indo European And The Proto Indo European World
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Author : J. P. Mallory
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-08-24
The Oxford Introduction To Proto Indo European And The Proto Indo European World written by J. P. Mallory and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book introduces Proto-Indo-European and explores what the language reveals about the people who spoke it. The Proto-Indo-Europeans lived somewhere in Europe or Asia between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago, and no text of their language survives. J. P. Mallory and Douglas Adams show how over the last two centuries scholars have reconstructed it from its descendant languages, the surviving examples of which comprise the world's largest language family. After a concise account of Proto-Indo-European grammar and a consideration of its discovery, they use the reconstructed language and related evidence from archaeology and natural history to examine the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Our distant ancestors had used the wheel, were settled arable farmers, kept sheep and cattle, brewed beer, got married, made weapons, and had 27 verbs for the expression of strife. The subjects to which the authors devote chapters include fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, religion, and the continuing quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland. Proto-Indo-European-English and English-Proto-Indo-European vocabularies and full indexes conclude the book. Written in a clear, readable style and illustrated with maps, figures, and tables, this book is on a subject of great and enduring fascination. It will appeal to students of languages, classics, and the ancient world, as well as to general readers interested in the history of language and of early human societies.
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Author : Cyrus Adler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1907
The Jewish Encyclopedia written by Cyrus Adler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1907 with Jews categories.
Ancient Nets And Fishing Gear
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Author : Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Ancient Nets And Fishing Gear written by Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
The fishing technology of the Classical world has so far received little systematic attention, neither from historians nor from archaeologists. In this volume, the reader will find a series of studies offering a wide range of approaches to the topic of ancient fishing technology, based on detailed studies of the available literary, archaeological, pictorial and icthyological evidence as well as on diachronic comparisons with fishing techniques of the Early Medieval and Modern periods. The articles included in the present volume are based on the authors' presentations at an international, interdisciplinary workshop in Cadiz, covering the history of fishing from Pre-history to the present day, with a special emphasis on the Roman period.
Islam And Modernity
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Author : Muhammad Khalid Masud
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2009-08-18
Islam And Modernity written by Muhammad Khalid Masud and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-18 with Religion categories.
Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of Western public discourse has it, Islam appears resistant to internal development and remains inherently pre-modern. However Muslim societies have experienced most of the same structural changes that have impacted upon all societies: massive urbanisation, mass education, dramatically increased communication, the emergence of new types of institutions and associations, some measure of political mobilisation, and major transformations of the economy. These developments are accompanied by a wide range of social movements and by complex and varied religious and ideological debates. This textbook is a pioneering study providing an introduction to and overview of the debates and questions that have emerged regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The various manifestations of modernity in Muslim life discussed include social change and the transformation of political and religious institutions, gender politics, changing legal regimes, devotional practices and forms of religious association, shifts in religious authority, and modern developments in Muslim religious thought.
Society Religion And Art Of The Kush A India
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Author : Kanchan Chakraberti
language : en
Publisher: Humanities Press International
Release Date : 1981
Society Religion And Art Of The Kush A India written by Kanchan Chakraberti and has been published by Humanities Press International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.