简介：July4,2012(thesixthdayofthefifthlunarmonth)wasthe"auspiciousday"selectedbyLongZaiyunandhiswifeMaMeizhen,acouplelivinginthevillageofLixin,MalichangTown,HuayuanCounty,HunanProvince.Thiswasthedayforbuildingthetimberframeoftheirnewwoodenhouse.FortheMiaopeople,beforeerectingthetimberframe,thefoundationofthehouseneedstobeinstalledandthetimbersmovedclosealongside.Treesonthenearbyhill,pre-selectedastimbersforthehouse,aretiedaroundwithredclothtomarkthemoutforfellingwhenthehouseownercomesalongwithfriendstocutthemdown.

简介：OnceyouhaveachancetovisitJingchuanandtheMingjiangRiverValleyinnorthwestemSichuanProvince,youwillfindyourselfinamysteriousworld:Riversmeanderthroughmountainslikehadascarves,snow-cappedmountainsfillpeoplewithmysteriousatmosphere,sutrastreamersflutterinwind,pillboxesstretchtheirarmstohugthesky,andtherearevariouskindsofpatternsdrawnonthewallsofvillagesandmountainrocks.

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简介：TraditionallyourmaterialsforresearchingthethirdmillenniumhistoryofMesopotamiaareroyalinscriptions.However,theroyalinscriptionsweregenerallyakindofpropagandaandtherulerscouldtellliesforpoliticalorreligiouspurposes.Recently,manyscholarshavepaidattentiontothenumerousadministrativetextsandfoundanewapproachtothereconstructionofthehistoryofMesopotamia.Althoughthesetextsdonotdirectlytelluswars,foreignrelations,reformsandpoliticalstrugglesor...

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简介：InJAC16,IhavediscussedthedevelopmentoftheHouseoftheLadyinGirsufromtheruleofEnentarzitoLugalandaaccordingtotherationlistsoftheHouse,whichincludethefodderlists,andconcludedthatUrukaginawasthelegalsuccessorofLugalandaandtheremightnotbetheso-called“reformsofUrukagina”inLagashandGirsu.Inthisarticle,Iwouldliketocontinuetoinvestigatethekinds,numberandfoddersofthedonkeysfromtheruleofEnentarzitotheendyearsofUrukaginaandtriedtofindthecluesforthedeclineofLagashunderUruka~ina.

简介：Heimpel（BSAⅦ,115-160）andSteinkeller（BSAⅧ,1995,49-70）bothdiscussthesheepandgoatterminologyinUrⅢtextsandwearegratefultothemforgivingusaclearerpictureofsmallcattleinAncientMesopotamia.However,astou8-sila4-nú（ná）/nu-aSteinkeller（p.55,4.2）andHeimpeldifferinopinion:"Rejectingthelong-acceptedinterpretationofnú/nu-asila4/másas"pregnant（with）alamb/kid",Heimpelnowproposesthetranslation"infertile",takingnú/nu-atomean"without".Inmyview,thisinterpretationisextremelyunlikely,primarilybecausethisdescriptionisverycommonatDrehem.……Iftheformerexpressionweretomean"infertile",wewouldbeforcedtoconcludethat,atDrehem,infertileanimalswereregularlyidentified（bywhatmeansandforwhatpurpose?）,whereaspregnantoneswerenot.…AsHeimpel＇sobjectionthatitisdifficulttothinkofanyrationalefor"slaughtering"pregnantanimals,itshouldbepointedputthat,atDrehem,thetermba-úsmeansnotonly"slaughtered",buta

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简介：InJAC19,IinvestigatedListsofMonthlyBarley-WheatDistributionsandAllowances(se-garziz-garsa-dug4itid-da),withregardtothetypesandamountoffodderprovidedtodonkeysfromtheruleofEnentarzitotheendyearsofUrukagina.Inthispaper,IfoundthatfromUrukaginaYear5,ii(2ndmonth),thedailyfodderfordonkeys,andthenumberoftypesofdonkeys,weregreatlyreduced.EconomicdeclineoccurredinthereignofUrukagina,kingofLagash,fromthefifthyearon,possiblyasaresultofpoliticaldecline.ThefactthatthearchiveoftheHouseofTheLadyendsinUrukagina'sseventhyearmayimplythatitisinthisyearthatLugalzaggesi,kingofUmma,capturedLagashandGirsu.