The essays in this book trace a rich continuum of artistic exchange that occurred between successive Islamic dynasties from the twelfth through nineteenth centuries--as well as the influence of Islamic art during that time on cultures as far away as China, Armenia, India, and Europe. Taking advantage of recent technologies that allow new ways of peering into the pasts of art objects, the authors break

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In May 1787 a fleet of ships carrying convicts left England bound for Botany Bay, New South Wales, where they were to establish a settlement. One of the crew on board the Charlotte was Watkin Tench c.1758 1833, who wrote about the voyage of what was later known as the First Fleet. He remained in New South Wales, living in Port Jackson part of present-day Sydney from 1788 to 1791, and in this work,

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pOne of the most pervasive and persistent questions in philosophy is the relationship between the natural sciences and traditional philosophical categories such as metaphysics, epistemology and the mind. iContemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications iis a unique and valuable contribution to the literature on this issue. It brings together a remarkable collection of highly regarded experts

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