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Jaina Law (2009)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2009). Jaina Law. In S. N. Katz (Ed.), The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (363-365). Oxford University Press

Brief summary of textual history, social context, and the principal features of the different Jaina legal systems, with case references

"Water Wars" in Kumasi, Ghana (2009)
Book Chapter
McCaskie, T. (2009). "Water Wars" in Kumasi, Ghana. In F. Locatelli, & P. Nugent (Eds.), African Cities: Competing Claims on Urban Spaces (135-155). Brill

The Rise of Islam (2009)
Book
Sarkhosh Curtis, V., & Stewart, S. (Eds.). (2009). The Rise of Islam. I.B. Tauris

Following the Arab conquest of Iran the state religion of Zoroastrianism was dismantled to make way for Islam. Yet Iran managed to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity under Muslim governance. The reason for this is discussed... Read More about The Rise of Islam.

The Old Babylonian Tuning Text UET VI/3 899 (2009)
Journal Article
Mirelman, S., & Krispijn, T. J. H. (2009). The Old Babylonian Tuning Text UET VI/3 899. Iraq, 71, 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021088900000723

This article presents a fragment of an Old Babylonian clay tablet excavated in 2007 at Tell Taban, ancient Ṭābatum, near Hassake in Syria. The text is a common Babylonian scholarly composition known as the Weidner god-list. It is the oldest exemplar... Read More about The Old Babylonian Tuning Text UET VI/3 899.