The awakened lord: the name of the Buddha in East Asia We may postulate a Chinese etymology for this etymon too, compare Mandarin bishou ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) 'dagger, poniard' and Cantonese bei6 sau2 'dagger, stiletto', corresponding to early Middle Chinese *pjicuw'. John ...
the town had a meticulous geometric order. Sanborn marks the equidistant east-west water lines running beneath a land where water means citizenship, where water means life, where water is a commodity
Yousra Elbagirhas little time for Yousra Elbagir. During our first interview for herGQ Middle EastMen of The Year moment, she often repeats “it’s not about me” and professionally redirects personal questions to wider issues, before our time gets punctured by a chiropractor appointment. “My ...
Lebanon used to be called the “Switzerland of the Middle East”. It was the place to do business in the Middle East and had a lively culture and night life. Elected officials, more interested in their political party than their country have destroyed the country, which is now near ...
S. Y. A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East. Nature 386, 705–709 (1997). Article CAS ADS Google Scholar Lee, M. S. Y., Caldwell, M. W. & Scanlon, J. D. A second primitive marine snake: Pachyophis woodwardi from the Cretaceous of Bosnia-Hercegovina....
From a practical point of view, Iran is one of the cheapest countries in the Middle East and, despite its size, transport is both cheap and efficient. Getting a visa can be a hassle, which contributes to Iran being relatively undiscovered by travellers – making it all the more worthwhile ...
(represented byMajiashanosaurus17), implicating an eastern Tethyan origin for the superfamily Pachypleurosauroidea. It was generally considered that the biogeographic evolution of pachypleurosauroids followed an east to west dispersal route14,24,27. In the early Middle Triassic, pachypleurosauroids ...
Deposition took place on the outer edge of a deep forearc terrace located between a trench to the east and an active volcanic arc to the west. Present evidence favors the view that uplift and deformation of Barbados was predominantly Miocene and younger in age. Paleobathymetric differences ...
Brandon Malutshi was shot twice in the leg with a revolver as Kaba, 24, opened fire on the dancefloor of The Oval Space, in Hackney, eastLondon, and on the road outside as the victim tried to escape in the early hours of 30 August 2022. ...
A few quick Middle East notes Libya:This postby Barkley Rosser is, I think, bang on. The most likely outcome at this point is partition; Qaddafi will maintain control of the western (Berber) half of the country, based out of Tripoli, while the (Arab) East will separate out into its ...