The paper addresses the current need for expanding ways to understand and research aspects of urban sustainability, which are related to the social environment. Sustainability of living historic cities is related to, among other factors, their socio-spatial structure and relationships. For p...

The article provides an overview of the various opinions, theories and debate concerning the boundaries of human life (the beginning and end of human life) in Shi‘i Islam and the important consequences in terms of the use of different medical technologies. It considers this is...

The organization of past urban space continues to be an important focus of archaeological research in sub-Saharan Africa where the methods of space syntax now offer new interpretations of the built environment. Traditionally, space syntax uses access analysis graphs for buildings and ax...

This paper develops the notion that the structure of residential spaces has long been in a dialogue with social environments. It elaborates theoretical and methodological streams in the social sciences that focus on the interplay between society and the built environment. Space, rather&...

A study of inscriptions on some seal impressions of archaic Ur (c. 2900-2700 BC), pertaining to food preparation.

The article deals with socioeconomic and ethno-political challenges that current Ethiopia is facing. It takes these aspects into a historical perspective.

The medicine of ancient Mesopotamia has long been the topic of investigation, but the texts explored within this field are mainly “handbooks” for persons practising medicine. This medical literature, however, comprises theoretical information rather than data on actual medical practices. Therefor...

Using previously unpublished documents, this article presents two case studies of the so-called Labour Education Camps for Women (“Arbeitserziehungslager für Frauen”, or FAEL) in the period of the WWII Nazi occupation. These two camps, namely FAEL Biechowitz and FAEL Theresiendorf bei Tschei...

The main aim of this study is to detect the degree of success of the Arab com- munity’s integration in the City of Teplice. In this paper, we focus on four key areas that are main priorities for the Czech government: the use of t...