简介:MACEDONANDGREECE:THECASEOFTHEBES①W.Z.Rubinsohn,TelAvivUniversityTheProblemOntheroadthathadledtheGrekworldtoChaeroneaithadben...
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简介:InancientChina,thecompositionofatypicalfamilywasbasicallythesameasthecompositionofthenation.Familes,mostscholarssuggest,composedthebackboneofancientChinesesociety;thatculturewasfamilycentered,andtheminoritypeopleshelpedfromthefoundationuponwhichsocietywasbuilt.Thatisnotnecessarilythecase,butthesuggestionputsforwardtheconceptthatthefamilyunitwasthemainfeatureofancientChinesecultureandsociety.
简介:ThelandscapeofTibetangrasslandhasexperiencedgreatchangesinrecentyears.Someofthemarevisible,forexample,fencedpastures,brickbuildings,pavedroads,vehicletracks,electricwires,telephonetowers,andsoon.Someofthemareinvisible,forinstance,nomads'attitudetowardpastoralismandhusbandryunderthebackdropofmarketeconomy.TheaimofthispaperistoanalyzetheinfluencesoftechnologyonsocioculturalchangesinTibetannomadicareathroughtwoindividualcases.Inaddition,thewriterhopestodiscusssomeissuesrelatetotechnologicalstudiesinanthropologicalfield.
简介:Waterclockisavitalinstrumenttotellthetimeinancientsocieties.TheIndianwaterclockstayedinastereotypesincethe5thcenturyA.D.,tilltheenteringofBritish,bothinliteratureandpeople'slife.While,beforethe5thcenturyA.D.,fewliteraturerecordedthewaterclocksindetail,exceptVedāgajyotisaandKautilya'sArtha(s)stra.However,ifwelookatthevastBuddhistliterature,wemightgetasurprisefromtheBuddhistsutras,like(S)ārdūlakarnāvadāma((S)k-av).
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