Arabian peninsula

The Stone and Metal Miniature Repertoire of the Awam Cemetery Marib (Yemen)

From furniture to food, animals to architecture, manuscripts to musical instruments, most objects have been miniaturised at one time or another. This study outlines a first...

Kameldarstellungen aus Metall im vorislamischen Südarabien

Eine archäologische Fallstudie zu den Kulturkontakten zwischen Arabia felix und der Mittelmeerwelt

The present study takes as its basis a collection of 67 bronze camel figurines kept in the Five Continents Museum in Munic of which most will be published here for the very first...

South Arabia and its Neighbours. Phenomena of Intercultural Contacts

14. Recontres Sabéennes

The 14th volume in the series “Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen”, presents the proceedings of the 14th Rencontres Sabéennes which took place in Berlin 2010. The main theme of...

Politics of Qat

The Role of a Drug in Ruling Yemen

For Imam Yahya, one of Yemen’s last kings, qat was a delight that he praised in poems. For his adversary, the revolutionary al-Zubayri, the plant was the “devil in the shape of a...

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 vorislamisc

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...

People from the Desert

Pre-Islamic Arabs in History and Culture

“People from the Desert. Pre-Islamic Arabs in History and Culture” provides a collection of text-based studies that investigate different aspects of the history, culture and...

The Traditional Architecture of Ras al-Khaimah (North)

Probleme touristischer Entwicklung auf der Insel Soqotra

Vom Missverständnis »Ökotourismus« zu nachhaltigem Tourismus?

The island of Soqotra, belonging to the Republic of Yemen, is a part of the UNESCO world natural heritage site since the summer of 2008. Its development prospects are...

Shibam – Leben in Lehmtürmen

Weltkulturerbe im Jemen

"Shibam - Leben in Lehmtürmen" is a unique representation of the ancient oasis city in Yemen that was declared a World Heritage Site because of its spectacular clay towers. From...

Ma’layba et l’Age du Bronze du Yémen

Ma’layba, a settlement situated in the Aden hinterland (Yemen), was occupied from the end of the 3rd millennium to the 13th century BC. Here the joint German-Russian...

Wandel durch Wahlen?

Wahlen, Demokratie und politischer Wandel in der arabischen Welt

In stark contrast to most other world regions democracy has not taken root as a form of government in the Arab World. Hardly any of the Arab states can be considered a democracy...

Böden der Trockentropen

Prozess- und Strukturindikatoren-gestützte Analyse geschichteter, polygenetischer und degradierter Böden der Insel Socotra (Jemen)

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Am Beispiel der Insel Socotra (Jemen) werden hier Substrate und Böden der Trockentropen analysiert und...

Die nordjemenitischen Dialekte (Glossar)

Buchstaben Fa–Ya

This volume completes the three volume work on dialects in North-Yemen. Like in the preceding volumes interesting words are annotated and etymologically explained where possible.

Länderkunde Jemen

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Im Süden der Arabischen Halbinsel gelegen rückt der Jemen zunehmend in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit und gewinnt...

Stone Age Sites and their Natural Environment

The Capital Area of Northern Oman. Part III

This volume presents the data and interpretations which served as a basis for part 4 (Stone Age Settlements on the Coast of Ra’s al-Hamra. Masqat, Oman) of TAVO Map B I 8 dealing...

Stadtentwicklung und Migration im Südjemen

Mukalla und die hadhramitische Auslandsgemeinschaft

The study analyses the interrelation between urban development and migration, taking the coastal town of Mukalla (South Yemen) as an example. The study explores the importance of...

Hölzerne Haustüren im Jemen

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Zu den bekanntesten Schätzen des Jemen zählt ohne Zweifel seine Architektur, und entsprechend umfangreich ist...

Sokotra

Mensch und Natur

Sokotra in the Indian Ocean is one of the best preserved tropical islands. This copiously illustrated volume presents the unique and evolutionarily interesting flora and fauna of...

The Capital Area of Northern Oman, Teil II

Basic features of the younger Caenozoic relief development on the seaside of Central Oman and Natural and real vegetation of the Capital Area

Institutionen in der Bewässerungs-Landwirtschaft im Jemen

Die Ursachen der Wasserübernutzung im Jemen und die Zukunftsperspektiven für die Bewässerungswirtschaft

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Die Bewässerungs-Landwirtschaft des Jemen hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten stark verändert. Durch die...