3 Ergebnisse für: henige
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Historical Evidence and Argument - David Henige - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=Ql0z2YT3pX4C&pg=PA150
Historians know about the past because they examine the evidence. But what exactly is “evidence,” how do historians know what it means—and how can we trust them to get it right? Historian David Henige tackles such questions of historical reliability…
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Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity - Patricia Crone - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=fOu7XGjKmkAC
Slave soldiers are a distinctively Muslim phenomenon. Though virtually unknown in the non-Muslim world, they have been a constant and pervasive feature of the Muslim Middle East from the ninth century AD into modern times. Why did Muslim rulers choose to…
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The Star of Bethlehem: An Astronomer's View - Mark R. Kidger, Professor Mark Kidger - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=_ISv1gPQJV4C
Two thousand years ago, according to the Bible, a star rose low in the east and stopped high above Bethlehem. Was it a miracle, a sign from God to herald the birth of Christ? Was there a star at all, or was it simply added to the Bible to fulfill the Old…