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Risky Markets

Marine Insurance in Renaissance Florence

By: Giovanni Ceccarelli

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Risky Markets

Marine Insurance in Renaissance Florence

By: Giovanni Ceccarelli

Risky Markets explores a crucial moment in marine insurance history, when tools to tackle risks are in the making. It accounts for one of the earliest attempts of a specialized insurance market is carried out in Renaissance Florence.

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BRILL

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ISBN 10

9004442456

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9789004442450

Medieval Nubia

A Social and Economic History

By: Giovanni R. Ruffini

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Medieval Nubia

A Social and Economic History

By: Giovanni R. Ruffini

As one of the few surviving archaeological sites from the medieval Christian kingdom of Nubia, Qasr Ibrim is critically important in a number of ways. It is the only site in Lower Nubia that remained above water after the completion of the Aswan high dam. In addition, thanks to the aridity of the climate in the area, the site is marked by extraordinary preservation of organic material, especially textual material written on papyrus, leather, and paper. Particularly rich is the textual material from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries CE, written in Old Nubian, the region's indigenous language. As a result, Qasr Ibrim is probably the best documented ancient and medieval site in Africa outside of Egypt and the Maghreb. Medieval Nubia is the first book to make available this remarkable material, much of which is still unpublished. The evidence discovered reveals a more complicated picture of this community than originally thought. Previously, it was accepted that medieval Nubia had existed in relative isolation from the rest of the world, subsisting on a primitive economy. Legal documents, accounts, and letters, however, reveal a complex, monetized economy with exchange rates connected to those of the wider world. Furthermore, they reveal public festive practices, in which lavish feasting and food gifts reinforced the social prestige of the participants. These documents prove medieval Nubia to have been a society combining legal elements inherited from the Greco-Roman world with indigenous African social practices. In reconstructing the social and economic life of medieval Nubia based on the Old Nubian sources from the site, as well as other previously examined materials, Giovanni R. Ruffini corrects previous assumptions and provides a new picture of Nubia, one that links it to the wider Mediterranean economy and society of its time.

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320

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Oxford University Press

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0199996202

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9780199996209

20th Century Physics

Essays and Recollections : a Selection of Historical Writings

By: Edoardo Amaldi,Giovanni Battimelli,Giovanni Paoloni

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20th Century Physics

Essays and Recollections : a Selection of Historical Writings

By: Edoardo Amaldi,Giovanni Battimelli,Giovanni Paoloni

In this important volume, major events and personalities of 20th century physics are portrayed through recollections and historiographical works of one of the most prominent figures of European science. A former student of Enrico Fermi, and a leading personality of physical research and science policy in postwar Italy, Edoardo Amaldi devoted part of his career to documenting, both as witness and as historian, some significant moments of 20th century science. The focus of the book is on the European scene, ranging from nuclear research in Rome in the 1930s to particle physics at CERN, and includes biographies of physicists such as Ettore Majorana, Bruno Touschek and Fritz Houtermans.Edoardo Amaldi (Carpaneto, 1908 - Roma, 1989) was one of the leading figures in twentieth century Italian science. He was conferred his degree in physics at Rome University in 1929 and played an active role (as a member of the team of young physicists known as ?the boys of via Panisperna?) in the fundamental research on artificial induced radioactivity and the properties of neutrons, which won the group's leader Enrico Fermi the Nobel Prize for physics in 1938. Following Fermi's departure for the United States in 1938 and the disruption of the original group, Amaldi took upon himself the task of reorganising the research in physics in the difficult situation of post-war Italy. His own research went from nuclear physics to cosmic ray physics, elementary particles and, in later years, gravitational waves. Active research was for him always coupled to a direct involvement as a statesman of science and an organiser: he was the leading figure in the establishment of INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) and has played a major role, as spokesman of the Italian scientific community, in the creation of CERN, the large European laboratory for high energy physics. He also actively supported the formation of a similar trans-national joint venture in space science, which gave birth to the European Space Agency. In these and several other scientific organisations, he was often entrusted with directive responsibilities. In his later years, he developed a keen interest in the history of his discipline. This gave rise to a rich production of historiographic material, of which a significant sample is collected in this volume.

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784

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World Scientific

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9810223692

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9789810223694

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

By: Giovanni Casadio,Patricia A. Johnston

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Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

By: Giovanni Casadio,Patricia A. Johnston

In Vergil's Aeneid, the poet implies that those who have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation both in life and after death. This collection of essays brings new insight to the study of mystic cults in the ancient world, particularly those that flourished in Magna Graecia (essentially the area of present-day Southern Italy and Sicily). Implementing a variety of methodologies, the contributors to Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia examine an array of features associated with such "mystery religions" that were concerned with individual salvation through initiation and hidden knowledge rather than civic cults directed toward Olympian deities usually associated with Greek religion. Contributors present contemporary theories of ancient religion, field reports from recent archaeological work, and other frameworks for exploring mystic cults in general and individual deities specifically, with observations about cultural interactions throughout. Topics include Dionysos and Orpheus, the Goddess Cults, Isis in Italy, and Roman Mithras, explored by an international array of scholars including Giulia Sfameni Gasparro ("Aspects of the Cult of Demeter in Magna Graecia") and Alberto Bernabé ("Imago Inferorum Orphica"). The resulting volume illuminates this often misunderstood range of religious phenomena.

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University of Texas Press

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0292719027

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9780292719026

Ornamental Plant Propagation in the Tropics

By: Carmine Damiano,Giovanni Ferraiolo,Wilfried O. Baudoin,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Ornamental Plant Propagation in the Tropics

By: Carmine Damiano,Giovanni Ferraiolo,Wilfried O. Baudoin,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

This technical paper on ornamental plant propagation in the tropics has been written to highlight the potential of tissue culture as an advanced propagation technology allowing for mass cloning of selected varieties or ecotypes. This document provides information on the state of the art of tissue culture propagation and gives technical details for propagating some 30 ornamental plant species. The aim of the paper is to enhance the technical capacity of public institutions and private entrepreneurs, thus leading to new production and market opportunities. It also aims to facilitate and encourage the use of techniques to promote ornamental plant diversity.

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Fao

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9251044600

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9789251044605

Architetture d'acqua

Le forme dell'acqua

By: Giovanni Multari,Domenico Ciaravolo

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Architetture d'acqua

Le forme dell'acqua

By: Giovanni Multari,Domenico Ciaravolo

Architetture d’acqua: le forme dell’acqua è una ricerca condotta nell’ambito del Laboratorio di Progettazione Architettonica e Urbana – Architettura del Paesaggio, diretto da Giovanni Multari e Michelangelo Pugliese, tutor Domenico Ciaravolo. La presenza dell’acqua nella costruzione di alcune architetture ha spesso determinato la forma stessa dell’architettura. L’acqua è l’elemento intorno al quale lo spazio si organizza, assume posizione, determinando una stretta relazione tra la concezione architettonica e l’elemento naturale stesso, nelle specifiche declinazioni di un programma.

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8892953354

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Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

Ornamental Plant Propagation in the Tropics

Ornamental Plant Propagation in the Tropics

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