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In many ways, his life is emblematic of the Genizah, for it brings together the cultural and economic worlds of the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

27 Aug 2019: Petersburg, Russia. Dr V ic to r Lebedev (le ft) and Dr Colin Baker exam ining one of th e A rabic fo lk -ta le m anuscripts in th e

1, 2, and 3 demonstrate the extremes of the early years of Soviet economic history. ... Planned to be 400 metres tall, Tatlin’s tribute to it was an impossible dream for a country in civil war and economic crisis.

The interview revolved round the social, economic and cultural achievements of medieval Jews in large communities such as that of Egypt, and touched on the relationships between the Jews of the

Though Jews, or dhimmis, they differed little from their Muslim neighbours in social and economic life.

Jane, who is studying liberal arts at Carleton College, Minnesota, was on a special course in political science at the London School of Economics and took the opportunity of being in

As you will see, the play depicts the farce of Indian Independence of 1947 which only brought 'political' independence, whilst economic dependance and stranglehold continued through forums like the IMF, Commonwealth,

As Shelomo Dov Goitein noted in Economic Foundations (the first volume of A Mediterranean Society), "not a single complete account book from the classical Genizah period has come down to us.". ... Goitein was aware of this and, in a 1966 article in the