The article aims to assess the contribution of slavery in the socio-economic structure of the Delhi Sultanate. It delineates the socio-economic life of the slaves and attempts to address a fundamental question pertaining to nature of the Sultanate society. It takes into account the classical debate about the distinction between ‘slave society’ and a ‘society with slaves’ and applies it on the D...

The common viewof history assumes that complexity and resource consumption have emerged through innovation facilitated by surplus energy. This view leads to the supposition that complexity and consumption are voluntary, and that we can therefore achieve a sustainable future through conservation. Such an assumption is substantially incorrect. History suggests that complexity most commonly increa...

The structure of death rituals differs consistently among regions of Albania. The death ritual contains very strong patriarchal features in the Northern part of the country; in southern regions (next to the seashore) and in Albanian communities living elsewhere in the Mediterranean basin, the features are more animistic; the females playing an important role in grief proclamation, suggesting a ...

CE Email comments/questions to [email protected], fax 800-556-3288, or log on to www.VetLearn.com Meningiomas are the most common primary tumor of the central nervous system in dogs and cats. Meningiomas are usually histologically benign; however, their biologic behavior may be malignant. Differences between canine and feline meningiomas include histopathologic appearance, prognosis, and...

Protracted, intractable conflicts are a form of human interaction that may very well determine our capacity to survive as a species. Their paradoxical structure, depth of meaning, intense emotional core, complexity, and malignancy are self-sustaining and are often experienced as overwhelming to the parties and third parties alike. The literature in this area presents a variety of singular and o...

HESTIA (the Herodotus Encoded Space-Text-Imaging Archive) employs the latest digital technology to develop an innovative methodology to the study of spatial data in Herodotus’ Histories. Using a digital text of Herodotus, freely available from the Perseus on-line library, to capture all the place-names mentioned in the narrative, we construct a database to house that information and represent i...

Southeast Asia, long known as an intermediate zone between the ancient civilisations of China and India, is also an area that scholars have long portrayed as historically subject to influences coming from its west, beginning with Indianisation, then islamisation and finally westernisation. However, this article argues that it would be far more insightful, and historically more accurate for the ...

HESTIA (the Herodotus Encoded Space-Text-Imaging Archive) employs the latest digital technology to develop an innovative methodology to the study of spatial data in Herodotus’ Histories. Using a digital text of Herodotus, freely available from the Perseus on-line library, to capture all the place-names mentioned in the narrative, we construct a database to house that information and represent i...