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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Cordoba"”.
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The Attempt of a New Damascus: Cordoba Under the Caliphate
… began to prosper as the independent amirate of Cordoba. In short, the Umayyads attempted to perpetuate Damascus in the form of Cordoba. In 929, a western caliphate was declared at Cordoba by 'Aba al-Rahman III. But the Cordoban caliphate was doomed to failure; a branch cannot become the tree to …
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Cultural Achievements and Social Reality in The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba 929-1031
<p>This thesis will focus on the history of al-Andalus (Modern Spain) beginning with the Muslim conquest in 711 and ending with the break up of the Umayyad caliphate in 1031. During this period, many scholars and commentators argue that there was a "Golden Age" of religious tolerance between Jews, …
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The suburban villa (munya) and court culture in Umayyad Cordoba (756-976 CE)
… Umayyad dynasty (r. 756 CE-1031 CE), the city of Cordoba developed into one of the most renowned urban centers of the western Mediterranean. The Great Mosque of Cordoba is the outstanding testament to the architectural activities of the dynasty, yet textual and material evidence indicates that the …
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Juvenile Delinquency in Cordoba, Argentina: A Cross-Cultural Test of the Theory of the Delinquent Subculture
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An analysis of the surface moisture fluxes in the Argentinian Cordoba region using the 2018-2019 RELAMPAGO field campaign data
Northern Argentina is a region of substantial agricultural activity, however, data on land-atmosphere interactions has remained sparse leaving gaps in estimation and modeling of the water-energy balance. Near surface land-atmosphere interactions can be difficult to capture accurately using popular …
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Doctoral thesis recital (guitar)
… Andres Segovia / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -- Cordoba / Isaac Albeniz -- La calme / Fernando Sor
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Landscape and form : observation and transformation of farm form
… formal references will be described. Part II: Cordoba: An Illustration. A street in Cordoba, Spain is used as an illustration of how the observation studies will be documented and diagrammed. Part III: Observation Studies. Five farms are documented and their formal structure analyzed. Part IV: …
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Christians in Al-Andalus ( 8th-10th centuries)
… The reliability of Eulogius' testimony to the Cordoban martyr movement of the 850s is considered in the light of Alvarus' Vita Eulogii and other evidence. Tenth-century Cordoba is briefly described as a backdrop to the later sources. The passions of two Cordoban martyrs of this period show that …
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Analysis and assessment of integrated waste-to-energy systems based on plastic wastes for multigeneration
… The proposed locations for the three systems are Cordoba, Spain for the first multigeneration system, Kakkonda, Japan for the second multigeneration system and Tarfaya, Morocco for the third system. The systems are analyzed thermodynamically and studied parametrically to identify optimum operating …
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Stand structure development effects on wood quality of Melina (Gmelina arborea roxb.)
… harvest cycle shows the highest increments at Cordoba region. Dendrometric variables such as heartwood, sapwood, and diameter and crown height are good estimators of tree volume, taper and branch modeling.
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Rooted in time and place : a housing complex in South End, Boston
… and the historical, vernacular precedent of Cordoba, Spain, a design project evolves with special attention paid to the role of "the wall" in the urban context.
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Clear Sound for Clarinet and Orchestra
… for clarinetist and conductor Luis Viquez Cordoba. I set out to compose a traditionally structured concerto, utilizing a three movement design, and further modeling each movement in a traditional manner i.e, a Sonata-Allegro first movement, a slow middle movement based around a song-like …
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A comparision of curricula requirements for a student majoring in piano in selected conservatories and universities in the Americas
… countries when engaged in university studies. In Cordoba, Argentina she obtained degrees in Piano and in Music Education, and later in the United States, she earned the Master of Music and the Doctor of Arts in Music at Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, Because she had the experience of …
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Exploring Non-binary Genders: Language and Identity
This thesis explores the multiple ways in which non-binary people negotiate their identities, their authenticity, and their embodied experiences through language. Twenty-two non-binary-identified people living in the UK were interviewed for this project. Those same participants also provided …
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"LANGUAGE PREFERENCE AND COGNITIVE AVAILABILITY OF SEXUAL IDENTITY IN GAY JAPANESE BILINGUALS: AN ANALYSIS OF HABITUAL USE OF LINGUISTIC CATEGORIES"
<p>Sexuality is a very private matter in Japan. Japan’s cultural mores and concepts of family unity have led to very conservative attitudes toward homosexuality. For instance, gay people generally fear disgracing their families, and this fear might prevent them from revealing their sexual identity …
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Liturgical jazz: the lineage of the subgenre in the music of Edgar E. Summerlin
This dissertation discusses the lineage of liturgical jazz with a particular focus on Edgar Eugene “Ed” Summerlin (1928-2006). This lineage stretches back into the late 1950s, but has largely been unexplored beyond a select few high-profile artists. I trace the evolution of liturgical jazz from …
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The City Encomium in Medieval and Humanist Spain
… cities (Palencia on Seville, 'Geronimo' on Cordoba, Pau on Barcelona, Proaza on Valencia and Sobrarias on Alcaniz). To better illustrate this transfer, the collective Italian model is first analyzed here in terms of its content, rhetoric and politics; these three criteria are then shown to …
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Análisis de las empresas Blaistein y SODIMAC
Esta tesis solo está en formato papel por lo que se debe consultar en la propia Biblioteca Di Tella. La consulta se hace solo bajo reserva escribiendo a serviciosbiblio@utdt.edu.
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Creando barrios. Vecindarios, cine y poesia. La concepcion del espacio urbano en Espana. 1970-1985.
<p>This dissertation focuses on how urban spaces were imagined and questioned in Spanish neighborhoods and in poetry and cinema during the Transition. I explore how urban spaces are not so much physical entities but lived spaces, with the potentials of reconceptualizing human practices in today's …
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