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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"persians"”.
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Persians, Ports, and Pepper: The Red Sea Trade in Late Antiquity
There has been an increased interest in Romeʼs connections with the Far East over the course of the last 20 years. This has resulted in the publication of many articles and monographs about the Roman involvement in the Red Sea which was the key maritime region linking the Far East with the West. …
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Cultural interchange along the Indian Ocean during the global middle ages (700- 1500ad): the role of Arabs and Persians in Africa-China musical exchange
… of direct musical exchange, the Arabs and Persians may have been the music brokers, circulating music both to Africa and China as they did with trade. Having consulted some translated primary sources, several secondary sources and iconographic materials obtained from libraries and archives, …
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Herodotus and the birth of freedom.
… monarchs wielded tyrannical power over the Persians, but also shows that Herodotus considered tyrannical overreach to be possible in any regime, not just monarchies. This dissertation therefore serves as a first step in refuting several prominent scholarly contentions, such as the claim that …
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The Acquisition of English Restrictive Relative Clauses by Native Speakers of Persian
This study examines the Persians' comprehension ability in processing different types of English restrictive relative clauses. A comprehension experiment with 50 Iranians was conducted to search for the universal linguistic factors responsible for the ease or difficulty of these sentences. Three …
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Curriculum reform and identity politics in Iranian school textbooks : national and global representations of "race", ethnicity, social class and gender
… world. The first set divides between Shi’a-Persians and non-Shi’a and non-Persians. The second set of binary oppositions represents the ideal citizen in relation and in opposition to the West and the East in their multiple and historical forms. These textbooks are assimilationist texts that …
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The Making of The Modern History Play
… or event. And since the time of Aeschylus's The Persians, perhaps the first history play of the Western Theatre, critics have grappled with the term "history play," attempting to define it as a distinct dramatic genre. These efforts have not been overly successful, mainly because the historical …
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Ἕρκος Ἀθηναίων: The Ajax Myth, the Trojan War, and Civic Ideology in Fifth-Century Athens
… the Persian War. I then examine Aeschylus’ Persians and argue that he uses the Iliadic Ajax in order to epicize Athens’ role in the battle of Salamis. Finally, I address Sophocles’ Ajax as a vehicle to examine the shift in Athens’ identity from Greek defender in the Persian Invasions to …
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Studies in the Regulation of Gastric Acidity
… And so it was with the Chaldeans, Babylonians, Persians and Medes. Their fantastic theories of digestion were no less absurb than those of the Egyptian or the Hindu. | Turning to the early Greeks, it at once becomes evident that their concepts of medicine in general were greatly influenced by …
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Persian Cultural Center
… of theoretical foundations and ideology of the Persians. <em>There is nothing more timely today than that truth, which is timeless, than the message that comes from tradition and is relevant now because it has been relevant at all times. Such as message belong to a now which has been, is and …
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Defining the alter orbis : the Roman view of Parthia in the early Principate
… This depiction of the Parthians (and later the Persians) was to persist throughout the centuries, despite increased contact through diplomacy and trade. As a result, the rivalry between the two powers never diminished, despite long periods of relative peace. The purpose of this dissertation is …
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Christian faith and practice amongst migrants in Athens, Greece
… specific faith communities, made up of Afghans, Persians, Eritreans, Ghanaians, Europeans, Americans, and Greeks, discussing the ways they formed and their unique distinctives.
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The Power of Space: The Acropolis, the Theatre of Dionysos, and Tragedy in the 5th Century BCE
… context of their first performances: Aeschylus' Persians, Aeschylus' Eumenides, and Euripides' Ion. These case studies reveal the semiotic influence of the Acropolis on tragic performances that refer to its presence within the Theatre of Dionysos. This sampling of plays that span the course of …
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Physical Activity Experiences of Persian Women Recently Immigrated to Canada
… and of West Asian women, such as Iranians (Persians), in particular. Given that this group is characterised by an increasing population growth and lower rates of physical activity, it is critical to understand how best to address physical activity promotion in this population. Purpose: To …
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Formidable genus armorum: the horse archers of the Roman Imperial Army
… used in eastern armies such as the those of the Persians and Parthians with great effect, they were recruited into and employed by the Roman army in strength only starting at the reign of Augustus. Units of horse archers were almost exclusively recruited from eastern lands and were employed there …
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The Book of Daniel in Light of the Ancient Near Eastern Literary and Material Finds: an Archaeological Perspective
… of Neo-Babylonia in 539 B.C. to the Medes and Persians and the chronological and political succession of world empires to the time of the end. The expression "time of the end" in the book of Daniel must be viewed in light of the sequence of historical kingdoms. Archaeological evidence indicates …
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Comparative study of Judaism and Shinto
… dared to dream. The silver kingdom of the Medo-Persians under Darius was only slightly less illustrious. It was Medo-Persia which turned the course of history and become the second world empire the eveing of Belshazzar's feast,<sup>2</sup> as the army of Darius turned the water courses of …
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A Study of Fifth Century Persian Administration in Western Anatolia and Eber Nari
… standard for the whole ancient near east. The Persians developed a pattern of culture whose influence is still felt today. The Persian period has two distinct features which has set it apart. First, this period lasted for over two hundred years with an expanse from the Indus river valley to the …
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Studies in Aetiology and Historical Methodology in Herodotus
… with the Greeks’ collaboration with the Persians (i.e. medism) in the lead-up to the battle of Thermopylae recapitulate programmatic patterns isolated in previous chapters and thereby extend the methodological continuum of the Histories beyond the “ethnographic” logoi to some of the most …
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The message of the prophet Haggai : a socio-political approach
… of the Babylonian king. Some years later the Persians conquer the Babylonians. Cyrus the Persian king adopts an attitude of religious tolerance and provides financial assistance to restore the temples of his subjects for entirely selfish reasons. In this way the Persian rulers gained …
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FACTORS RELATED TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF IRANIAN CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DIVORCE
<p>Divorce is an event that can have profound psychological consequences for children of all ages. Vast research has shown that children from divorced families suffer from short and long-term negative effects such as mental health problems (i.e. anxiety and depression) and interpersonal …
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