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Probing the Relationships Between Mandaeans (the Followers of John the Baptist), Early Christians, and Manichaeans
Published 2024-12-01“…These questions <i>first</i> concern the common flight of the followers of John and Jesus just before the Roman siege and destruction of Jerusalem (66–70 CE) and the role of the woman Miriai; <i>second</i>, the extent to which John and his followers affected the direction of early Christianity, and the consequences this had for ‘Baptist’/Christian relationships into the Patristic period, with attention paid to Mandaean views of Jesus; <i>third</i>, the process of the formation of early Mandaeism as it combined Hellenistic-Palestinian and Mesopotamian elements; and <i>fourth</i>, the signs that the Mandaeans not only influenced Mesopotamian Christian baptismal sects but were crucial in the emergence Manichaeism (from the 230s CE in Persian-dominated Iraq). This article will finish by concentrating on Mandaean–Manichaean relations in the light of a little known and previously secret Mandaic text (<i>Diwan Razia</i>), best known as <i>Mani</i> or <i>Sidra d-Mani</i> within a larger collection of unnamed occult texts. …”
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A Reconstruction of the Shrine of the Prophet Nahum: An Analysis of 3D Documentation Methods and Data Transfer Technology for Virtual and Augmented Realities
Published 2025-01-01“…The technologies presented in this article were tested within the context of a project on the reconstruction of the shrine of the Prophet Nahum in the city of Alqosh in northern Iraq, taking the shrine as a case study. Funded by ARCH Int. and provided by GemaArt Int., the restoration project started in 2018 and was completed in 2021. …”
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The demographic history of the wild crop relative Brachypodium distachyon is shaped by distinct past and present ecological niches
Published 2023-09-01“…We present here the B. distachyon diversity panel, which encompasses 332 fully sequenced accessions covering the whole species distribution from Spain to Iraq. By combining population genetics, niche modeling and landscape genomics, we suggest that B. distachyon recolonized Europe and the Middle East following the last glacial maximum. …”
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Turkish-Iranian Relations in the Middle East: in Search of the Regional Balance
Published 2019-09-01“…In fact, Iran and Turkey offer Middle Eastern countries alternative political transformation options.Iraq and Syria represent both the sphere of Turkish-Iranian competition and the possibility for tactical alignment on the basis of converging interests. …”
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The Role of Iranians in Istanbul in Publishing and Distributing Modernist and Constitutionalist Texts
Published 2024-03-01“…In addition to the intellectual nourishment of Istanbul, these works were also exported to other regions such as Iran and Iraq. Based on the research findings, it can be claimed that the constitutionalist Iranians in Istanbul, by communicating with their Iranian and Ottoman audiences, played an important role in promoting the idea of constitutionalism in Iran and the Ottoman Empire. …”
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Enhancing Pan evaporation predictions: Accuracy and uncertainty in hybrid machine learning models
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River water quality monitoring using machine learning with multiple possible in-situ scenarios
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Investigating the effect of learning and motivational strategies on the self-efficacy of physical education and sports science students with the mediating role of academic progress...
Published 2024-08-01“…The statistical population of the research includes 250 students of the field of physical education and sports sciences of Iraq University; 150 of whom were selected by simple random sampling using Cochran's formula. …”
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