Caucasus during the Mongol Period – Der Kaukasus in der Mongolenzeit

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The anthology takes a comparative approach to reconstructing the perceptions that the Armenians and Georgians developed of their Mongol conquerors in the 13th and 14th centuries. The focus lies on the perception of the historical outcomes of nomadic / sedentary …

»... über jeden Ausdruck erhaben und schön«. Die Schweizer Reise der Familie Mendelssohn 1822

Mit Briefen der Tochter Fanny, Zeichnungen und Tagebuchauszügen

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The journey of several months of the Berlin banker Abraham Mendelssohn has been described in letters by his daughter Fanny, which are published here based on a critical study of the sources. She continually describes the events of the journey, …

Musik- und Hörtherapie bei Tinnitus und Hyperakusis

Eine musikmedizinisch-hörtherapeutische Untersuchung

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Tinnitus is a symptom of impaired hearing that occurs more and more frequently in Western industrialised nations. Eight per cent of the Germans and the Swiss have experienced tinnitus; 4 per cent suffer from it chronically. In 40 per cent …

Die Inschriften des Landkreises Holzminden

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Der Band umfasst die kommentierte Edition von 276 Inschriften des Landkreises Holzminden bis zum Jahr 1650. Aufgenommen sind nicht nur die im Original erhaltenen Inschriften, sondern auch diejenigen Inschriften, die nur noch in älteren Abschriften oder Abbildungen vorliegen. Die Anhänge …

Die Krise des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. und das Gallische Sonderreich

Akten des Interdisziplinären Kolloquiums Xanten 26. bis 28. Februar 2009

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The present volume is based on an interdisciplinary colloquium of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne and the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures”. The aim was to examine the region quite different critical development of the 3rd Century in …

Deutsche Liebeslyrik vom Minnesang bis zu Oswald von Wolkenstein

oder die Erfindung der Liebe im Mittelalter

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This initial volume of the series provides a basic introduction into the particularities of the history of mentality, language and literature in a study of the Middle Ages focusing on German language and literature. The main body of the book …

Figurale Bronzen ägyptischer und griechisch-römischer Art vom Jabal al-‘Awd, Jemen (von Robert Fleischer und Regine Schulz)· Die Felsmalereien von Djarf al-Yahudi im zentraljemenitischen Hochland. Neuere Informationen zur Palastarchitektur im vorislamischen Arabien (von Mohammed Ali Al-Salami)

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The first article in this volume presents 17 bronzes that came to light among the ruins of an enwalled settlement atop the Jabal al-‘Awd, a nearly 3000-meter high mountain located some 50 km east of Ibb. The figural bronzes encompass …

Deutsche Wortfeldetymologie in europäischem Kontext (DWEE)

Band 1: Der Mensch und sein Körper

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Since 2007, the project “Deutsche Wortfeldetymologie in europäischem Kontext – Der Mensch in Natur und Kultur” (DWEE) has been in progress at the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Leipzig. In this project, German nouns that relate to human beings, from …

Herodotus’s Scythians and Ptolemy’s Central Asia

Semasiological and Onomasiological Studies

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The present book deals with semasiological and onomasiological questions in Herodotus's (5th century B.C.) famous portrayal of the Scythians and in Ptolemy's description of the Central Asiatic countries as presented in Book 6 of his 'Geography' (around 150 C.E.). The …

Conflicting Narratives: War, Trauma and Memory in Iraqi Culture

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This volume deals with the Iraqi cultural production under and after Baathist rule, a research field which, in comparison to Iraqi history and politics, has attracted relatively scant scholarly attention. The contributors depict the impact of dictatorship, sanctions, and successive …