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Muslims On The Volga In The Viking Age - In The Footsteps Of Ibn Fadlan

113,29€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The year 922 saw a series of remarkable face-to-face encounters in the steppes between Bukhara and the Middle Volga. Ibn Fadlan was an intrepid member of a diplomatic and religious mission from the distant caliphate in Baghdad to the ruler of the Volga Bulgars. His account gives a vivid eyewitness description of the peoples he came upon (whose appearance, rituals and filthy habits both fascinate and appal) and a famous depiction of a Viking Rus ship burial. It is unique testimony to burgeoning exchanges between several different cultures, and to the emergence of new political structures on the steppes. Yet the account survives only as part of a later composite work, raising questions of meaning and historical interpretation. This pioneering interdisciplinary study of Ibn Fadlan''s text and the world he surveyed draws on a variety of specialists to give readers both ''the bigger picture'' of cultural and economic change in Eurasia, Byzantium and the Muslim world, and hard facts, in the form of archaeological and numismatic data.
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Muslims On The Volga In The Viking Age - In The Footsteps Of Ibn Fadlan

113,29€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The year 922 saw a series of remarkable face-to-face encounters in the steppes between Bukhara and the Middle Volga. Ibn Fadlan was an intrepid member of a diplomatic and religious mission from the distant caliphate in Baghdad to the ruler of the Volga Bulgars. His account gives a vivid eyewitness description of the peoples he came upon (whose appearance, rituals and filthy habits both fascinate and appal) and a famous depiction of a Viking Rus ship burial. It is unique testimony to burgeoning exchanges between several different cultures, and to the emergence of new political structures on the steppes. Yet the account survives only as part of a later composite work, raising questions of meaning and historical interpretation. This pioneering interdisciplinary study of Ibn Fadlan''s text and the world he surveyed draws on a variety of specialists to give readers both ''the bigger picture'' of cultural and economic change in Eurasia, Byzantium and the Muslim world, and hard facts, in the form of archaeological and numismatic data.
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Alexander The Great In The Persian Tradition - History, Myth And Legend In Medieval Iran

de Haila Manteghi

41,72€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was transformed into a legend by all those he met, leaving an enduring tradition of romances across the world.
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Persian Christians At The Chinese Court - The Xi''An Stele And The Early Medieval Church Of The East

de R. Todd Godwin

41,72€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The Xi'an Stele, erected in Tang China's capital in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China.
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Making Of England - A New History Of The Anglo-Saxon World

de Mark Atherton

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 During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from ''Christendom''. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the stories, legends, biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the myriad lives, loves and hates of the people who wrote them. He demonstrates, too, that this was a nation coming of age, ahead of its time in its use not of the Book-Latin used elsewhere in Europe, but of a narrative Old English prose devised for law and practical governance of the nation-state, for prayer and preaching, and above all for exploring a rich and daring new literature. This prose was unique, but until now it has been neglected for the poetry. Bringing a volatile age to vivid and muscular life, Atherton argues that it was the vernacular of Alfred the Great, as much as Viking war, that truly forged the nation.
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Alexander The Great In The Persian Tradition - History, Myth And Legend In Medieval Iran

de Dr Haila Manteghi

135,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was transformed into a legend by all those he met, leaving an enduring tradition of romances across the world.
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Persian Christians At The Chinese Court - The Xi'An Stele And The Early Medieval Church Of The East

de R. Todd Godwin

175,74€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The Xi'an Stele, erected in Tang China's capital in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China.
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Medieval Christian Philosophers - An Introduction

de Richard Cross

29,80€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The book discusses influential figures like Abelard, Peter Lombard and Hugh of St Victor; the use made by Aquinas of Aristotle; the mystical theology of Bonaventure; Robert Grosseteste's and Roger Bacon's interest in optics; the complex metaphysics of Duns Scotus; and the political thought of Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham.
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The Medieval Christian Philosophers - An Introduction

de Richard Cross

189,26€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The book discusses influential figures like Abelard, Peter Lombard and Hugh of St Victor; the use made by Aquinas of Aristotle; the mystical theology of Bonaventure; Robert Grosseteste's and Roger Bacon's interest in optics; the complex metaphysics of Duns Scotus; and the political thought of Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham.
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Alexander The Great In The Persian Tradition - History, Myth And Legend In Medieval Iran

de Dr Haila Manteghi

47,30€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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Contested Spaces In Contemporary Turkey - Environmental, Urban And Secular Politics

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Space Science And The Arab World - Astronauts, Observatories And Nationalism In The Middle East

de Jorg Matthias (Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar) Determann

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Revolts And The Military In The Arab Spring - Popular Uprisings And The Politics Of Repression

de Sean Burns

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Persian Christians At The Chinese Court - The Xi'An Stele And The Early Medieval Church Of The East

de R. Todd Godwin

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The Making Of England - A New History Of The Anglo-Saxon World

de Mark (University Of Oxford, Uk) Atherton

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Computers In Railways Xiv Special Contributions - Railway Engineering Design And Optimization

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 This volume contains special contributions presented at the 14th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation (COMPRAIL/14) held in Rome. It is a companion to the Volume containing most of the contributions (Volume 135 of WIT Transactions on the Built Environment) and comprises papers presented orally during the Conference.
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Damage-Based Earthquake Engineering

de P. Ghisbain

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 Over the life of a structure, the smaller but more frequent earthquakes contribute more to the cumulative damage than the larger earthquakes on which structural design is traditionally based. This is a quantitative argument in favour of designing structures beyond what the codes require for life-safety.
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Aerodynamics Of Wind Turbines - Emerging Topics

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 Focusing on aerodynamics of wind turbines, this book presents advanced topics including: Basic Theory for Wind turbine Blade Aerodynamics; Dynamics-Based Health Monitoring and Control of Wind Turbine Rotors; Experimental Testing of Wind Turbines using Wind Tunnels with an Emphasis on Small-Scale Wind Turbines under Low-Reynolds Numbers.
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Earthquake Ground Motion - Input Definition For Aseismic Design

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 Divided into two parts, the first deals with issues relating to the characterisation and rational definition of seismic input and begins with a study of earthquake records that leads to the identification of their damage potential parameters. The second part deals with ground motion effects on foundation elements and structural integrity.
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The Squeeze

de Lesley Glaister

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 Marta and Mats form a love story like no other. The Squeeze explores the transactions that take place between men and women. Sex, money and the desire for love, are at its heart.
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Chicken Unga Fever - Stories From The Medical Frontline

de Phil Whitaker

12,86€

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 Funny, touching, informative, and often profoundly poignant, Chicken Unga Fever paints a vivid portrait of the working life of a West Country GP.
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A Genial Senior'S Companion To Ageing

de Peter Buckman

12,86€

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 A heartfelt and humorous guide to embracing the ageing process.
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Makings Of The Greek Crisis The - The Anthropology And History Of The Greek Crisis

de Clarissa De (University Of Cambridge) Waal

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 Essential perspectives for understanding Greece's recent and historical financial crises
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Negotiating Conflict In Lebanon - A Bordering Practice In The Divided City

de Mohamad Hafeda

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 What is a border?
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