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Intra-European Litigation in Eighteenth-Century Izmir : The Role of the Merch…
Scholars have long debated the use of law to settle international trade disputes in the early modern period. In this book, Tijl Vanneste uses the case study of commercial litigation before the Dutch consular court of Izmir to argue that merchants relied on a particular blend of mercantile customs, which he calls ‘the merchants’ style’, and specific legal forms and procedures, laid down in…
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- 978-90-04-49823-5
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- Approx. 390 pp.
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- Mediterranean Reconfigurations, Volume: 4
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The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe
This volume brings together the leading experts in the history of European Oriental Studies. Their essays present a comprehensive history of the teaching and learning of Arabic in early modern Europe, covering a wide geographical area from southern to northern Europe and discussing the many ways and purposes for which the Arabic language was taught and studied by scholars, theologians, merchant…
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- 9789004338623
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- 366 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 3
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The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856)
The Crimean War was a defining event in both European and Ottoman history, but it has principally been studied from the Europeans’ point of view. This study analyzes the role of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War and the War’s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society. Based on hitherto unused Ottoman and Russian sources, it offers new insights into the Crimean War’s financial, s…
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- 9789004190962
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- 448 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- Middle East, Islamic & African Studies The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 44 Brill's Paperback Collection
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The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Ant…
Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion covers the intellectual achievements of a remarkable man: Adriaan Reland, professor of Oriental languages (1701) and Hebrew Antiquities (1713) at the University of Utrecht from 1701 to 1718. Although he never travelled beyond the borders of his home country, he had an astonishingly broad worldview…
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- 9789004462175
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- 532 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 10
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The Land between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black…
The Land Between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 1300-1700 focuses on the strong riverine ties that connect the seas of the Mediterranean system (from the Western Mediterranean through the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov) and their hinterland. Addressing the mediating role of the Balkans between East and West all the way to Poland and Lithuania…
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- 9789004515468
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- 416 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi = Sufism through the Eyes of ʿImād al-Dīn…
The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of ʿImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī’s physical journey in search of spiritual guidance through a critical study of his autobiographical writings. This provides unique insights…
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- 9789004377554
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- 338 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Social Change in the Gulf Region = Multidisciplinary Perspectives
This open access book, comprising thirty-nine chapters divided into social, cultural, economic, and political spheres, offers a unique opportunity to dive into the complex, dynamic, and sometimes contradictory transformation of Gulf societies in the last few decades. Whilst the Gulf region has at times been seen as impervious to this natural phenomenon of transformation—timeless, never changi…
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- 9789811977961
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- XVI, 659 ill; lamp
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- 8
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Building the Inclusive City : Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformatio…
This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its positioning. Three insights inform the author’s approach. First, disability research, much like other urban or social issues, must be si…
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- 9783030329884
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- XVII, 169 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Re-Configurations : Contextualising Transformation Processes and Lasting Cris…
This edited volume is an open access title and assembles both the historical consciousness and transformation of the MENA region in various disciplinary and topical facets. At the same time, it aims to go beyond the MENA region, contributing to critical debates on area studies while pointing out transregional and cultural references in a broad and comparative manner.
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- 978-3-658-31160-5
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- XIII, 287
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- Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens (PGNO)
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Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road
This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy. The Silk Road is a …
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- 9783030007287
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- XXVI, 525 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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