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History and identity in the late antique Near East, 500-1000
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ISBN: 9780199915408 0199915407 0199915415 0199332819 1299600522 9780199915415 9780199332816 Year: 2013 Volume: *2 Publisher: Oxford New York Oxford University Press

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This book examines the importance of the past, both real and imagined, in constructing contemporary culture in the period AD 500-1000. It goes beyond 'history-writing' in a narrow sense to examine philosophy, theology, liturgy and jurisprudence as vehicles for tradition and the imagination of a past 'golden age'. The papers straddle the Roman-Persian frontier and go well into the Islamic period: together, they push the boundaries of late antiquity' into the varied language traditions: not just Greek, but also Syriac, Armenian, Coptic and Arabic.


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The chronicle of Seert : Christian historical imagination in late antique Iraq
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ISBN: 1299794599 0191760706 0199670676 019164966X 9780199670673 9780191649660 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD.


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The fall of the priests and the rise of the lawyers
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ISBN: 150990557X 1509905553 9781509905553 9781509905560 1509905561 9781509905577 9781509905546 1509905545 Year: 2016 Publisher: Oxford Portland, Oregon

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This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that, if religions fade, then secular law provides a much more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives. Backed by potent and haunting images, it argues that the rule of law is the one universal framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now the most important ideology we have for our survival. The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes predictions for the future of law and lawyers. The book maintains that even though societies may decide they can do without religions, they cannot do without law. The book helpfully summarises both the teachings of all the main religions and the central tenets of the law - governing everything from human relationships to money, banks and corporations. It shows that, without these legal constructs, some of them arcane, our societies would grind to a halt. These innovative summaries make complex ideas seem simple and provide the keys to understanding both the law and religion globally. The book will appeal to both lawyers and the general reader. The book concludes with the author's personal code for a modern way of living to promote the survival of humankind into the future. Vividly written by one of the most important lawyers of our generation, this magisterial and exciting work offers a powerful vision of the role of law in centuries to come and its impact on how we stay alive

How Fat Works
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ISBN: 0674045327 0674019474 0674034996 9780674045323 9780674019478 9780674034990 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge, MA

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How Fat Works is a concise and up-to-date primer on the workings of fat. It is essential reading for professionals entering careers in medicine and public health administration or anyone wanting a better understanding of one of our most urgent health crises.


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What is Islamic studies? : European and North American approaches to a contested field
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ISBN: 9781399500005 1399500007 9781399500036 9781399500029 1399500023 1399500031 1399513397 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Featuring contributions from anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, this book explores the passionate, divided and evolving field of Islamic Studies in Europe and North America, past and present - covering topics from secularism and gender to pop music and modern science.


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Excavations at Chester. Roman Land Division and a Probable Villa in the Hinterland of Deva : Excavation at Saighton Army Camp, Huntington, Chester
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ISBN: 1803272287 1803272279 Year: 2023 Publisher: [s.l.] : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,

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Excavations at Chester. Roman land division and a probable villa in the hinterland of Deva reports on excavations carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates (NAA) at Saighton Camp - a former British Army training camp - located to the south of the Roman legionary fortress of Chester (Deva Victrix) which revealed important and extensive Roman period remains. Part of a high-status settlement of second- to fourth-century date, together with a regular field system laid out over more than 20 hectares, were encountered.

The excavated settlement appears to be an ancillary area to a much larger site, the centre of which lies to the south and is believed to be a villa. This is the closest such site to Chester, and villas are notably rare in the region. The field system was probably laid out by the legion at Deva as part of the prata legionis, agricultural lands they controlled around the fortress.

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