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Slavery in Eighteenth Century Mongolia: Transactions in People and Notions of Property According to the Qanggin Banner Archives
(2022-12)
This paper investigates moments of transition in which people were forced into dependency,
or had to change from one relationship of asymmetrical dependency to another. It is argued
that these transitions were backed ...
Dependency at the Centre and Periphery of the Tibetan Empire: Sayings, Doings and Interagency
(2023-06)
This paper presents a microhistory of ninth-century asymmetrical social relations in the centre
and on the periphery of the Tibetan empire (ca. 600–850 CE), as well as relations between the
periphery and the centre. ...
The Power of Biblical Authors: A Risk Analysis of ‘Living’ Sacred Texts
(2023-06)
New Testament authors claim immense (interpretive) power and generate strong
asymmetrical dependencies between themselves and the communities they address. They are
convinced that they have the resource of ‘salvation’, ...
El(-GOD) as “Father in Regalness”. Mine M in Serabit el Khadim as a Middle-Bronze-Age (c. 1900 BC) Working Space sacralised by Early Alefbetic Writing
(2023-09)
This paper grew out of an archaeological field season conducted in southwestern Sinai by the Department of Egyptology at the University of Bonn during November and December 2022. It specifically discusses the social and ...
Transcending Boundaries: Rethinking Slave Agency in the Ottoman Empire Through Religious Conversion Practices
(2024-05)
This article explores the religious conversion of slaves in the Ottoman Empire and the Crimea
as a profound and transforming event in the lives of slaves. We will analyze the conditions,
reasons, and consequences of ...