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10:45 - 11:30am
Benjamin Foster
Akkadian works and days
Benjamin Foster
Akkadian works and days
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"Akkadian Works and Days", the third conference, considered industrial production in the Akkadian period: food; textiles, animal husbandry and wood, metal and stone working. We noted that there were significant changes in management and accounting, as …
10:30 - 11:30am
Ian Hacking
Reasoning methods
Ian Hacking
Reasoning methods
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10:00 - 11:00am
Benjamin Foster
Countries and peoples of Akkad
Benjamin Foster
Countries and peoples of Akkad
Guest lecturer
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The second lecture, "The Land and Peoples of Akkad", focused on the geographical context of the cradle of this Empire, as well as the characteristics of certain groups and alliances in Akkadian society, their family structures and their legal conventions, …
10:30 - 11:30am
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The conference deals with the common life of two ethnically and religiously different communities within the Ottoman Empire. This coexistence continues to this day. Bulgaria is the most "Muslim" state in the European Union. Alongside Orthodox Christian …
2:30 - 3:30pm
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5:00 - 6:00pm
Benjamin Foster
From the upper to the lower sea : the rise and fall of the Akkadian empire
Benjamin Foster
From the upper to the lower sea : the rise and fall of the Akkadian empire
Guest lecturer
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The first lecture, "From the Upper to the Lower Sea: The Birth and Fall of the Akkadian Empire", summarized the most important military and political events, including the reigns of five major kings: Sargon, Rimush, Manishtusu, Naram-Sin and …
10:30 - 11:30am
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5:00 - 6:00pm
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5:00 - 6:00pm
Stephen F. Teiser
Healing with merit: Buddhist rituals of curing in medieval Chinese liturgical manuscripts (2)
Stephen F. Teiser
Healing with merit: Buddhist rituals of curing in medieval Chinese liturgical manuscripts (2)
Guest lecturer
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5:00 - 6:00pm
Christopher Beard
A Burmese history : paleontology and primates in the Union of Myanmar
Christopher Beard
A Burmese history : paleontology and primates in the Union of Myanmar
Guest lecturer
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Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) belonged to British colonial India in the early 20th century. British geologists working for the Geological Survey of India began exploring the paleontological potential of central Myanmar before the First World War. …
3:30 - 4:30pm