Cultural Geography

Governing the Holy City

The Interaction of Social Groups in Jerusalem between the Fatimid and the Ottoman Period

The history of Jerusalem during the Islamic Middle Ages was not confined to the foundation of sanctuaries, and the struggle over their control – even if these aspects could not be...

Catalogue des manuscrits conservés dans la bibliothèque de l’archevêché grec-catholique d’Alep (Syrie)

Manuscrits arabes-chrétiens de l’archevêché grec-catholique d’Alep

This catalogue is typical of an ecclesiastic library belonging to a theological institution devoted to the training of priests. It is an invaluable testimony for the study of the...

Dating Tibetan Art

Essays on the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Chronology from the Lempertz Symposium, Cologne

During the past twelve years, international trade in Tibetan art has enjoyed an unprecedented upswing, as buyer demand has confronted limited supply. Prices have risen to dizzying...

Historiographie als Sinnstiftung

Indo-persische Geschichtsschreibung während der Mogulzeit (932 bis 1118/1516 bis 1707)

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Diese Monographie stellt 23 ausgewählte historiographische Texte aus der Zeit der in Indien vom 16. bis zum 18....

Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey

This detailed handbook contents of a catalogue of ethnic groups, surveys, lists by villages and administrative districts, essays on selected groups by contributing authors, and...

Stamm und Macht

Die arabischen Stämme im 2. und 3. Jahrhundert der Hidschra

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Der erste Band dieser Reihe analysiert erstmals systematisch Stammeskonflikte aus dem 2. und 3. Jahrhundert der...

Rescued Armenian Treasures from Cilicia

Sacred Art from the Museum in Antelias, Lebanon

The Christian-Armenian culture in Cilicia came to its end by the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the times of World War I. During the deportations, the monastic...

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...

Ägypten in spätantik-christlicher Zeit

Einführung in die koptische Kultur

The word “Coptic”, which is derived from the Greek word for Egypt, stands for the local Egyptians from a Greek perspective as opposed to the Greeks, Romans and Arabs who migrated...

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...

Schaibanidische Grabinschriften

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Das Buch enthält 84 überwiegend arabische Inschriften von Grabmalen, die für Angehörige der mittelasiatischen...

Ptolemy, Geography Book 6

Middle East, Central and North Asia, China. Part 1. Text and English/German Translations

Book 6 of Ptolemy’s „Geography“ (2nd cent. AD) deals with Assyria, Media, Susiana, Persis, Parthia, the Carmanian Desert, Arabia Felix, Carmania, Hyrcania, Margiana, Bactriana,...

Hayoths Dzor – Xavasor

Ethnische, ökonomische und kulturelle Transformation eines ländlichen Siedlungsgebietes in der östlichen Türkei seit dem 19. Jahrhundert

The expulsion of the Armenian population from Eastern Anatolia during the First World War marked the separation of one of the oldeset Middle Eastern cultures from their homeland....