Essays about: "Plunder"

Found 4 essays containing the word Plunder.

1. 1. Hauls of Horses : An analysis of the quantities and geographical distribution of horses taken as loot or tribute by Neo-Assyrian Kings

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Hampus Axberg Olli; [2022]
   Keywords : Horse; Equus; Mesopotamia; Neo-Assyrian; Assyria; loot; tribute; booty;

   Abstract : This thesis explored the potential patterns and connections which could be uncovered through careful analysis of the royal inscriptions mentioning horses as a form of plunder or tribute, dedicated to the kings of the Neo-Assyrian empire. This was accomplished by analysing all royal inscriptions attributed to Neo-Assyrian kings found within the RINAP and RIAo projects for passages that meet said criterium. READ MORE

3. 2. Commodity Prices and Violence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Marcus Otto Syk; Wessam El Ghoul; [2016]
   Keywords : conflict minerals; Democratic Republic of the Congo; resource curse; conflict intensity; commodity prices; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In this study it is theorized that the world market price of a certain commodity should affect the intensity of the violence in conflict zones in which this commodity is produced. This is tested on the Second Congo War and the continuing violence since, using statistical methods to analyse the effect of the world market price of gold, diamonds, oil, tin, copper, cobalt and coltan. READ MORE

4. 3. Should the Plundered Arts be Restituted? : How international norms are interpreted differently in national contexts

   University essay from Avd för juridik, politik och ekonomi

   Author : Bekhan Djumaev; Rickard Sohlman; [2011]
   Keywords : Plunder; Restitution; Norms; National Identity; Cosmopolitanism;

   Abstract : The objective of this essay is to look at two cases where the debate rages regarding whether or not to restitute stolen art back to the states from which it was originally stolen. By looking at the debate in each country the essay focuses on gaining understanding in how one state might decide upon returning the cultural treasures and the other refuses to. READ MORE

5. 4. Global Rectificatory Justice : Repairing for Colonialism and Ending World Poverty

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : David Sigurthorsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Global justice; rectificatory justice; historical injustice; historical obligations; collective obligations; colonialism; poverty; reparation.;

   Abstract : The current state of the global distribution of income, wealth, and well-being is in many respects the product of historical acts and processes. Of these, some have been just, others not. In philosophical discourse, processes of the latter kind are referred to as historical injustices. READ MORE