Non-European History

Aromata in der iranischen Kultur

unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der persischen Dichtung

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This volume is the result of more than 10 years' research in Persian culture from the Achaemenid period (559 B.C.) until the end of the Safavids’ time (1722 A.D.). The main concern was finding out what the sources tell us …

Miniaturen mittelalterlicher Kalpasutra-Handschriften

Eine ikonographische Betrachtung mit kultur- und religionsgeschichtlichen Anmerkungen

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The focus of this study on Indian book illumination are the miniatures of six Jain Kalpasūtra manuscripts produced in western India (Gujarat and Rajasthan) as well as in Jaunpur, the capital of a Sultanate located further to the northeast, during …

Georgien. Tbilisi. Rustaweli-Boulevard

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Guram Odischarias literarisch-dokumentarische Texte analysieren die historischen Umbrüche des unabhängigen Georgiens (von den 1990er Jahren bis zur Gegenwart), deren Zeitzeuge und Teilhaber der Autor selbst war: Der georgische Bürgerkrieg (1991–1992), die bewaffneten Konflikte in Abchasien und Südossetien, die Gründe für …

Georgische Handschriften

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Few languages ​​in the world look back on more than 1500 years of uninterrupted written tradition – Georgian, the language of the Christian country south of the Caucasus, is one of them. Since their Christianisation in the fourth century, Georgians, …

Tibetan Pastoralists and Development

Negotiating the Future of Grassland Livelihoods

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The unique pastoralist economy, society, and culture on the Tibetan plateau has experienced profound changes during the 20th century: An ever closer integration into the Chinese state, a wide array of policies directed at ‘development’, modernization, and urbanization, and dramatic …