scholarly journals The use of horses in The History by Georgios Akropolites: a comparison with Historia Romana by Nikephoros Gregoras

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-99
Author(s):  
Alexia-Foteini Stamouli
Keyword(s):  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Important Position

The short historiographical text by Georgios Akropolites (1217-1282 CE) covers the period of the Latin conquest of the Byzantine Empire. Due to the important position the author held, and his participation in some of the events narrated, his History is a valuable source. This paper concerns the information Akropolites provides about horses, and compares his work with the part of the historiographical text Historia Romana by Nikephoros Gregoras (c. 1292/1295–1358/1361 CE) that describes the same period. Most of the equestrian references consist of details of the kinds of horses used by various people during wars. Akropolites provides more information about the empire of Nicaea, and delivers further interesting details and descriptions concerning horses.

scholarly journals DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS OF THE VIZIERS AT THE DAWN OF CONQUEST IN OTTOMAN-BYZANTINE RELATIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (62) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Early Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
Royal Decree ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Important Position ◽  
The Military

In early period of Ottoman Empire, vizier had an indisputable place. Viziers, especially after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, liberated the empire, which started to be organized in the region of Bithynia, from the traditional Turkish Principality identity as well as its organizational structure. For this reason, it is not a coincidence that in the first period (1299/1302-1453), when poets like Ahmedi were sometimes satirized, the Ottoman Viziers were mostly dealt with in terms of their institutional aspects. Likewise, as researchers have revealed since the first years of the republic; while the Ottoman Viziers occupied important political positions in the Turkish states organized in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, they not only fulfilled the duties and responsibilities of these political positions, but also took initiatives to meet the military and parallel financial needs of the expanding empire. Undoubtedly, the most striking of these are the formation of the janissary corps and the financial system depending on it. On the other hand, there is no doubt that the military and financial revolutions that formed the cornerstone of Ottoman expansionism overshadowed the diplomatic mission of the viziers. Such that even in Fatih's Law, there are few clues regarding this issue, which is considered as the cornerstone of the institutionalization of the empire. The aforementioned code states that the vizierate is the most important position after the emperor, but this position is still an authority that is subject to control by various independent bureaucrats. However, the diplomatic mission of the viziers is uncertain in the early Ottoman perform works or studies, as in the royal decree. The aim of this perform works orstudies are to evaluate the first period Ottoman viziers with their diplomatic missions in the context of the conquest of Constantinople. Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Grandvizier, Viziers, Byzantine Empire, Istanbul, Constantinople

Quality control of Lycium barbarum fruits: a valuable source of carotenoids

Planta Medica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Karioti ◽  
C Bergonzi ◽  
A Bilia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Lycium Barbarum ◽  
Valuable Source

Chronology of the Byzantine Empire

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Venning ◽  
Jonathan Harris
Keyword(s):  
Byzantine Empire

Agama dan Magi dalam Kepemimpinan Ulama Banten: Telaah terhadap Naskah Catatan Harian Abuya Muqri (1860-1959)

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-408
Author(s):  
Mahmudah Nur
Keyword(s):  
Research Issue ◽  
Sociological Knowledge ◽  
Daily Record ◽  
Important Position

This paper is the result of research on the exploration of the work of scholars (ulama) in Banten Province. The focus of this study is on the ability of Abuya Muqri in the field of religion and magic as one of the symbols of the leadership of a Kiai in the Banten region.  The philology approach was used in this study to examine the authenticity of the text. As for analyzing the content of the text that is associated with this research issue, the author uses the sociological knowledge and intertextual approach to see the consistency and relationships of Abuya Muqri's thoughts or ideas in his writing, namely the Abuya Muqri’s diary as a leadership concept in the Banten region. This study shows that abilities in religion and magic are the most important indicators for clerics in the Banten region. Without both, the clerics have no important position in the Banten community. With the ability of religion and magic (the wisdom of wisdom) written in Naskah Catatan Harian Abuya Muqri, Abuya Muqri was successfully recognized as one of the famous Kiai in Banten and made it a knot of wisdom in Banten in the 20th century.Keywords: Leadership, Abuya Muqri, Religion, Magi and Abuya Muqri Daily Record Manuscripts (NHCAM) Tulisan ini merupakan hasil penelitian mengenai eksplorasi karya ulama di Provinsi Banten. Kajian ini berfokus pada kemampuan Abuya Muqri dalam bidang agama dan magi sebagai salah satu simbol ke­pemimpinan seorang kiai di wilayah Banten. Pendekatan filologi diguna­kan dalam kajian ini untuk memeriksa otentisitas teksnya. Adapun untuk menganalisis isi teksnya yang dikaitkan dengan isu penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi pengetahuan serta intertekstual untuk melihat konsistensi dan hubungan-hubungan pemikiran atau ide Abuya Muqri dalam karya tulisnya, yaitu naskah buku catatan harian Abuya Muqri sebagai sebuah konsep kepemimpinan di wilayah Banten. Kajian ini menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan dalam agama dan magi menjadi indikator paling penting bagi para kiai di wilayah Banten. Tanpa kedua­nya, para kiai tidak mempunyai kedudukan yang penting dalam masyarakat Banten. Dengan kemampuan agama dan magi (ilmu hikmah) yang tertulis dalam Naskah Catatan Harian Abuya Muqri, Abuya Muqri berhasil diakui sebagai salah satu kiai yang terkenal di Banten dan menjadikannya sebagai simpul ilmu hikmah di Banten pada abad ke-20.Kata kunci: Kepemimpian, Abuya Muqri, Agama, Magi dan Naskah Catatan Harian Abuya Muqri (NCHAM)

EVALUATION OF MOUNTAIN AREA AS NON-POINT SOURCE OF NITROGEN FOR SETO INLAND SEA: THE NORTHERN SHIKOKU REGION, JAPAN

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohei Morisawa ◽  
Shohei Morisawa ◽  
Yukio Komai ◽  
Yukio Komai ◽  
Takao Kunimatsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Average Concentration ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Seto Inland Sea ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Unit Load ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
The Seto Inland Sea ◽  
Unit Load Method ◽  
Important Position

The northern Shikoku region is located in the Western part of Japan and faces towards the Seto Inland Sea. The forest area, which is one of the non-point sources in the Seto Inland Sea watershed, occupies 75% of the land use in the watershed of the northern Shikoku region. The amount of loadings of nutrients and COD in the Seto Inland Sea has been estimated by the unit load method but actually the data has not been investigated. It is however, necessary to know the real concentration of nitrogen in mountain streams to evaluate the role which is the mountain area plays as non-point sources. Therefore, more water samples of mountain streams in the watershed need to be taken and the concentrations of nitrogen analyzed. The mountain streams in the northern Shikoku area were investigated from April, 2015 to November, 2015. The number of sampling sites was 283, in addition to the past data by Kunimatsu et al. The average concentration of nitrate nitrogen in Ehime, Kagawa, and Tokushima was 0.61mg/L, 0.78mg/L and 0.34mg/L, respectively. The environmental standard range for nitrogen in the Seto Inland Sea is from between less than 0.2mg/L and less than 1mg/L. Therefore, the average concentration of nitrogen in these regions was over category II, and those of mountain streams in Kagawa Prefecture exceeded category III. About 20% of mountain streams were more than 1mg/L. It has become clear that mountain areas occupy an important position as non-point sources for the Seto Inland Sea.

Islamic Acquisition of the Foreign Sciences

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-324
Author(s):  
J. L. Berggren
Keyword(s):  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Ancient Science ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Scientific Ideas

The study of the transmission and transformation of ancient science ismore than a study of which texts were translated, when, and by whom. It wasa complex process, better seen as beginning rather than ending with the translationof relevant books, for the heart of the process is the assimilation ratherthan the simple reception of the material. Scientific ideas move because peoplestudy books, compute with tables, and use instruments, not simply becausethey translate books, transcribe tables, or buy pretty artifacts. It sufficesto recall that the scholars of the Byzantine Empire, despite their status as thedirect heirs of the classical Greek scientific tradition and their direct accessto whatever classical Greek manuscripts the Islamic world eventually cameto possess-indeed to more of them and from an earlier date-were largelyuninterested in this knowleldge. Hence no account of the transmission of scientificknowledge can be complete if it does not recognize that it is, at root,an account of the activities of what Dupree has called "homo sapiens in asocial context."Two CaveatsAt the outset of this paper, two points mu5t be taken into consideration.First, although we may wish to study the whole process of the Islamic acquisitionof the foreign sciences as it took place over several centuries and overan area extending from Spain to Afghanistan, it must be realized that theexamples given refer to specific events that took place at specific times andin specific places. As a result, eminent Islamic thinkers and writers are quotedwithout any accompanying claim that each one is representative of all Islamicthinkers at all times and in all places. It is sufficient that when a person suchwithout any accompanying claim that each one is representative of all Islamic ...

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