Planetary Management was always one of the keenly discussed aspects of the old games, how to min/max your settings to get to a point get the best score out of your colonies. As I recall, you wanted to build up food supply and keep basic industry growing and over allocated to keep it ...
Characteristic of ancient Greek philosophy and distinguishing it from medieval and modern European philosophy, was its cosmologic approach. The Greek philosophical schools were free associations in which like-minded persons, or students, gathered around the head of the school. The first of such schools...
Characteristic of ancient Greek philosophy and distinguishing it from medieval and modern European philosophy, was its cosmologic approach. The Greek philosophical schools were free associations in which like-minded persons, or students, gathered around the head of the school. The first of such schools...
The origins of ancient and modern African cattle are still a matter of much debate among researchers. Part of the dispute involves the question of the appearance in Africa, from the second millennium BC onwards, of cattle carrying a distinguishing morphological feature present in most of the moder...
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Persian miniature paintings are celebrated for their delicate beauty and intricate details. These small, yet elaborate artworks often illustrate scenes from literature, history, and mythology. Persian miniatures are characterized by their vibrant colors, fine brushwork, and meticulous attention to detail....
Gardens of Babur (1483-1530), Mughal Emperor, in Persia and India. Persian botanical art, particularly miniatures, is renowned. Plants exchanged between Europe and the Americas. 1533 CEOldest university chair of botany in Europe, founded in Padua by the Venetian Republic. Spainards started ...
Light is also shed on the similarities and differences between the miniatures in the Maffei Tacitus and those in books attributed to Birago or to the Master of the Barozzi Breviary. It is assessed that the figure style employed in the Tacitus is quite close to that of the master who painted...
Such a context suggests that miniatures – in general – would have played an important role in daily life activities, so to be found in the chambers. Other well documented Middle Kingdom clay figurines are also mainly attested in settlements and domestic contexts (Stevens, 2006, 79–120; ...
Giving an Ancient Craft a Modern FeelSUSAN WRAIGHT'S card describes her as "a carver of netsuke andother miniatures." Her subjects -...Andreae, Christopher