简介:Tibetans,oneoftheoldestethnicminoritiesinChina,aremainlydistributedinthevastwesternregionsofmodernTibet,Sichuan,Qinghai,GansuandYunnan.StudentsandscholarsofthelonghistoryofTibetanculture,aswellasthebreadthandprofundityofTibetanBuddhism,havealwaysconcentratedtheirattentionontheroleofmeninthishistoryandlargelyignoredwomen.Actually,inthehistoryofthesocio-
简介:Cartimandua'srolehasbeenmuchdiscussedbymodernhistorians.1HerpositionasqueenoftheBrigantes,wifeofVenutiusandclientofRomehasbeendefinedbyscholarsinthepreviousfiftyyears.OneareanotthoroughlyexaminedisTacitus'portrayalofhercharacter,whichchangesdramaticallyfromthelengthypassageinAnnals12.32-40totheshortaccountofHistories3.45.Whileneithersectionflattersthemonarch,TacitusdestroyshercharacterintheHistories,equatingherwithfiguressuchasG...
简介:Thewholeprocessofeconomicdevelopmentthroughouttheworldhasshownthatthedevelopmentofeveryregionmustrelyoncorrelatedindustries.Re-gionaldistributionandrelativesizeofindustriesdif-feraccordingtodiverseeconomicconditions,socialresources,anddifferingdevelopingprocesses.Hence,allnationalgovernmentsformulateindustrialdevel-opmentpoliciesinaccordancewiththeirlocalcondi-tionsandgiveprioritytosomedominantindustriessoastospeeduptheoveralldevelopmentoftheireco-nomicsociety.
简介:KingHammurapiofBabylon(ca.1792-1750B.C.)iswell-knownasaleaderofraregiftsandboldstrategyintheOldBabylonianperiod,whilethedeedsofhisworthyofficialsandgreatgeneralsareovershadowedandlesswellknown.Infact,however,itisnexttoimpossibleforonetobecomeagreatleaderinagreatundertakingwithouttheassistanceofvariousablepersons.Thepresentarticleisanattempttopresentsomeinformationontheroleofoneoftheseofficials,whohelpedtoadministerthegreatempireassembledbyHammurapi.
简介:Overthepast15yearssinceChina'sTibet(Chineseedition)waslaunched,wehavereceivedmanylettersfromourenthusiasticreaders.Theyhavemadecommentsandgivenustheirconstructiveviews.Whilewehavereceivedbouquets,wehavealsoreceived“brickbats”,which,ofcourse,wedeemvaluablefortheimprovementofour
简介:2001年12月8日,由哈佛燕京学社等单位主办的中国文化研讨会第十六届年会在哈佛大学举行。会议的主题是“考古学与中国文明的再发现——纪念张光直教授学术研讨会”。在“张光直教授的考古学贡献”专题演讲中,有六位学者发言,他们就中国考古学的发展、中国古代文明起源的研究和张光直教授对中国考古学做出的杰出贡献,作了深入浅出的阐发。此次以中文为工具的考古学讲座,吸引了大量听众,引起很大反响。为了能够让读者及时了解演讲的内容,征得作者同意,我们特编发这组文稿。同时也希望通过这组文稿,使学术界对张光直教授的考古学贡献有更深层次的了解,从而进一步推动中国考古学和中国文明的研究。