Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500–1639 9780226823553, 9780226820422

When the Safavid dynasty, founded in 1501, built a state that championed Iranian identity and Twelver Shi'ism, it p

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Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500–1639
9780226823553, 9780226820422

Explores the Safavid and Ottoman empires through the lens of gifts. When the Safavid dynasty, founded in 1501, built

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Explores the Safavid and Ottoman empires through the lens of gifts. When the Safavid dynasty, founded in 1501, built a s

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Zamumo's Gifts traces the evolution of Indian-European exchange, from gift giving as a diplomatic tool to the trade

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’Global’ knowledge was constructed, communicated and contested during the long nineteenth century in numerous ways and p

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Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden ne

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The 19th century was a time of new sensory experiences and modes of perception. The raucous mechanical intensity of the

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A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six

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Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The period 1800–1920 was one in which work processes

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This volume covers the cultural history of race in 'the long 19th century' – the age of empire and nation-stat

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