Songbook Georgia | Liederbuch Georgien

Georgia’s World Cultural Heritage | Georgiens Weltkulturerbe

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The songs of Georgia are part of Unesco’s World Cultural Heritage. This Songbook of Georgia, which focuses on the female repetoire of traditional songs, is the product of two singers and music ethnologists who have been working together for many …

In kaiserlichem Auftrag – Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann

Band 3: Ethnographische, kirchenhistorische und archäologisch-historischeUntersuchungen

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Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition von 1906 und deren umfangreiche mehrbändige Publikation von 1913 zählen unverändert zu den wichtigsten archäologischen Unternehmungen am Horn von Afrika. Die Reihe Forschungen zur Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts hat jüngst in bislang zwei Bänden …

Der hygienische Imperativ

Gesundheitsversorgung und -aufklärung der Muslime des ausgehenden Zarenreichs (1864-1917)

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The attempt to establish a health system on the basis of modern European scientific medical standards meant a great adaptation challenge for the traditional people in the Russian Empire. Particularly for the Muslim minority the pressure to adapt to the …

Prospective and Proximative in Turkic, Iranian and beyond

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The present volume addresses the linguistic categories of Prospective and Proximative, which refer to an event before it actually takes place, in a number of languages spoken in Eurasia. For most treated languages, these categories are described here for the …

Georgische Literatur in deutschen Übersetzungen

Bibliographie – 1887 bis 2017

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According to the last bibliography "The literatures of the peoples of the Caucasus - New translations and German-language bibliography" (2003) by Steffi Chotiwari-Jünger, this book presents a bibliography specifically for Georgian literature, which also includes the years 2000 to 2017, …

Traditional South Asian Medicine TSAM, Vol. 9

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Traditional South Asian Medicine is devoted to the study of all aspects of traditional South Asian medical systems both historical and contemporary, as well as matters relating to the human body in various contexts. The current issue deals, inter alia, …

Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der neuassyrischen Zeit

Teil 2. Zentralassyrien und benachbarte Gebiete, Ägypten und die arabische Halbinsel

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Historical geography is one of the most important disciplines which allow a reconstruction of the history of the Ancient Near East. There are principally the cuneiform sources which open the access to the numerous attested geographical names. The present volumes …

Karabalgasun – Stadt der Nomaden

Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in der frühuigurischen Hauptstadt 2009–2011

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Archaeological research on settlemets of late nomadic tribes in eastern Central Asia is just at the beginning. Scientific research carried out in the Uygur capital Karabalgasun by the Mongolian-German-Orkhon-Expedition 2009-2011 has offered an excellent contribution to further understanding the process …

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 …

Saints cavaliers

Culte et images en Géorgie aux IVe–XIe siècles

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This is the first archeological, iconographical and hagiological study, based on the unpublished archaeological research findings, that attempts to measure the importance of the Georgian environment for the genesis of this theme and for a broad understanding of the cult …

Verkehrswege in Kaukasien

Ein Integrationsproblem des Zarenreiches 1780–1870

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This study investigates Russia’s 100 year expansion into her southern periphery, and the gradual integration of this new territory through infrastructure. These measures culminated in the construction of roads through difficult mountainous territory in a region with diverse ethnicities and …

Die Beduinen der Mamluken

Beduinen im politischen Leben Ägyptens im 8./14. Jahrhundert

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During the fourteenth century, the Bedouins (ʿarab) of Egypt experienced a significant increase in power. The Bedouins were the group with the largest military and political power in the Mamluk Empire, after the ruling Mamluks themselves. This study offers the …

Lokale und imperiale Herrschaft im Iran des 12. Jahrhunderts

Herrschaftspraxis und Konzepte

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How is political rule organised? Top-down, in a process of delegation? Or are there other forms and can local rulers take their position without being legitimised from above, relying on their own basis of power?
This book takes a fresh look …

History Making in Central and Northern Eurasia

Contemporary Actors and Practices

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This volume seeks to extend our understanding of how knowledge about the past was and is being produced in central and northern Eurasia. Its authors use the methods of several disciplines literary studies, history, anthropology, area studies in an attempt …

Bukharan Jews in the Soviet Union

Autobiographical Narrations of Mobility, Continuity and Change

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Each of the autobiographical narrations presented in this study on Bukharan Jews is unique. Seen collectively, they amount to a comprehensive survey of Bukharan Jewish experiences in the twentieth century, enabling the reader to gain deep insights into the varied …

Hiob zwischen Selbstbezichtigung und Protest

Gedichte aus Mittelasien (19. bis 20. Jahrhundert)

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In mehreren Handschriften überliefert sind Ghasele und andere Gedichte von einem Dichter, der sich Ayyub (Hiob) nennt. Sie sind in einer Form des späten Tschaghataisch verfasst und werden im mittelasiatischen Choresm gern von Frauen gelesen, die eine Ausbildung als Vorleserin …

The Illuminating Mirror

Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday

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Die Festschrift umfasst 33 internationale Beiträge von Kollegen und Wegbegleitern von Per K. Sørensen, einer der führenden Vertreter der Tibetwissenschaften, der seit 20 Jahren als Professor am Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften der Universität Leipzig lehrt. Die thematische Vielfalt der …

Der Pass der Flüchtlinge

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Als Ende der 1980er Jahre die Sowjetunion auseinanderfiel und sich aus den ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken neue, unabhängige Staaten zu formen begannen, entbrannten an verschiedenen Orten bewaffnete Auseinandersetzungen, die sich um Identität, Ethnizität, Religionszugehörigkeit, politisches Machtkalkül und anderes bis dahin durch den …

Shakya-mchog-ldan, Mahapandita des Klosters gSer-mdog-can

Leben und Werk nach den tibetischen Quellen

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gSer-mdog Paṇ-chen Shākya-mchog-ldan (1428-1507) gilt westlichen Tibetologen als eine der herausragenden Gelehrtenpersönlichkeiten der tibetischen Sa-skya-Tradition. Das Interesse der Forschung richtete sich bis dato vor allem auf das scholastische Werk dieses Meisters. Wenig Beachtung fand hingegen die Biographie Shākya-mchog-ldans. Im Mittelpunkt …

Nomad Military Power in Iran and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period

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The papers in this anthology shed light on the political and military role and importance of nomadic groups in Iran and adjacent areas, using historical case studies that cover the tenth to nineteenth centuries. Some offer detailed historical snapshots, while …