Geschichte Asiens

Polybios-Lexikon: Band III, Lieferung 1

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Das seit 1949 von der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften betreute Polybios-Lexikon erschließt in Form eines Bedeutungswörterbuchs umfassend den Wortschatz der Historien des Polybios (um 200-120 v. Chr.), der wichtigsten Quelle für die Geschichte der hellenistischen Welt im 3. …

A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597-1600: The Writings of Kang Hang

by Haboush, JaHyun Kim, Robinson, Kenneth R.

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Kang Hang was a Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army during the Imjin War of 1592?1598. While in captivity in Japan, Kang recorded his thoughts on human civilization, war, and the enemy's culture and society, acting in effect as a spy for h…

Greater Khorasan: history, geography, archaeology and material cult…

fromStudies in the history and culture of the Middle East

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"The modern sense of 'Greater Khorasan' today corresponds to a territory which not only comprises the region in the east of Iran but also, beyond Iranian frontiers, a part of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. In the past this entity was simply defined as Khorasan. In the Sassanidera…

Mindscaping the landscape of Tibet: place, memorability, ecoaesthetics

by Smyer Yü, Dan

fromReligion and society (Hague, Netherlands)

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This book addresses the imaginative portrayal of Tibet among contemporary Tibetans and non-Tibetans as well as the global phenomenon known as "imagined Tibet." It critiques divergent perceptions of eco-religious practices, collective memories, and earth-inspired emotions in Tibe…

›Die mythische Methode‹: Komparatistische Studien zur Transformation der g…

by Frick, Werner

fromHermaea. Neue Folge

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Departing from Nietzsche's revolutionary reinterpretation of Greek civilization, the study analyzes the creative transformation of Greek tragedy, as the canonic model of Western theatre, by a wide range of European and American dramatists (Hofmannsthal, Jahnn, Hauptmann and Brec…