The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in...

This Companion is the first of its kind on the Roman historian Cassius Dio. It introduces the reader to the life and work of one of the most fundamental but previously neglected historians in the Roman historical cannon. Together the...

"The Encyclopaedia of Islam/New Edition" ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das detaillierte Informationen über die islamische Welt bietet. Herausgegeben von E. van Donzel und anderen renommierten Gelehrten, deckt diese Enzyklopädie...

The book investigates China's relations to the outside world between ca. 100 BCE and 1800 CE. In contrast to most histories of the Silk Roads, the focus of this book clearly lies on the maritime Silk Road and on the period between Tang...

"An Aristocratic Compatibilist's Providence: Components of Aquinas's Soft Determinist View" von Petr Dvorský ist eine tiefgehende Untersuchung der theologischen und philosophischen Ansichten von Thomas von Aquin im Hinblick auf das Thema...

Imagined Racial Laboratories reveals the watermarks of science in the dynamics of racialisation in Southeast Asia, during and after the colonial period. Bringing together a set of critical histories of race sciences, it illuminates the...

"Islam on the Margins: Studies in Memory of Michael Bonner" ist eine Sammlung von wissenschaftlichen Aufsätzen, die dem Andenken an den renommierten Historiker Michael Bonner gewidmet sind. Das Buch gehört zur Reihe "Islamic History and...

From the French origin of Coca-Cola to McDonald's sponsorship of the 2015 Milan Expo, the book presents the first comparative history of these multinational corporations in two Western European countries, addressing some compelling...

"Willing and Understanding: Late Medieval Debates on the Will, the Intellect, and Practical Knowledge" von Riccardo Fedriga untersucht die philosophischen Diskussionen des späten Mittelalters über die Beziehung zwischen Wille und...

No detailed description available for "A History of Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism under the Achaemenians".

"Brill's Companion to the Reception of Presocratic Natural Philosophy in Later Classical Thought," herausgegeben von Justin Habash, ist ein umfassendes Werk, das sich mit der Wirkung und dem Einfluss der vorsokratischen Naturphilosophie...

From the sixteenth through to the eighteenth century, printed disputations were the main academic output of universities. This genre is especially attractive as it deals with the most significant cultural and scientific innovations of...