This study examines a unique architectural phenomenon, namely the German settlement in Eretz-Israel, which begun in the last third of the Nineteenth Century. The importance of this phenomenon is in its considerable influence on later Jewish settlements in terms of modern plannin…
This dissertation is the first comprehensive study of the central Black Sea region in Turkey (ancient Pontus) during the Hellenistic period. It examines the environmental, archaeological, literary, and numismatic data in individual chapters. The focus of this examination is the …
This study investigates the genetic diversity and ethnohistory of four Central Anatolian settlements from a local perspective to better understand the complex population history of Anatolia. The objectives of this project are to (1) document the biological and cultural diversity…
In recent years, a significant body of scholarly works has noted that the multi-national Soviet regime paradoxically fostered ethnic identities among many groups that had previously lacked such identities. For example, the ethnic designations of the peoples of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz…
Arguing against narrowly political approaches to the West Bank settlement movement, this dissertation analyzes settlement dynamics as a configuration of neoliberal capitalism. In contrast to the common perception of settlements as the direct or politically mediated realizations …
Analysis on the dynamics of Israeli settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem One of the most controversial international issues, consistently capturing the attention of the international community, is the expansion of the Israeli human settlements in the West Bank and East Je…
Archaeological research undertaken in 1989/90 has demonstrated that a millenium ago, the Malian region of Mema (a now dry alluvial basin located northwest of the current Inland Niger Delta and south of the Lakes Region), was intensely occupied by iron using people. This intense …