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Dr. Per A. Löthman obtained his Ph.D. degree from Twente University , The Netherlands in the field of Macroscopic Magnetic Self-assembly and conducted research in Canada, France and Germany on carbon nanotubes, Graphen and related nanomaterials. His research is interdisciplinary and involve BioNanotechnology including DNA, S-layers, Viruses (archaea, bacteriophages), Biomolecular Architecture. Botany and functional surfaces. Dr. Löthman has published over 60 scientifical articles, several book chapters and serves as a reviewer for several journals such as Journal of Bioanalytical and Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Thin Solid Films, Sensors and Actuators, Microsystems Technologies, Biophysical Reviews and Letters, He is Senior Research Scientist at Foviatech GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, a young innovative high-tech company in the field of advanced materials and artificial intelligence, and a lecturer in Nanomedicine, Nanopharmacy and Nanomaterials (Kai
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Afghan Modern: The History of a Global Nation 067428609X, 9780674286092
Table of contents :
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1 Imperial Cosmopolitans
2 Forging an Afghan Empire
3 Bodies in Motion
4 The Star of Asia
5 Seduced by Capital
6 The Atomic Age
7 Revolutionary Dreams
8 At the Center of Humanity
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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AFGHAN MODERN
AFGHAN MODERN T H E
H I S TO RY
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G L O B A L
Robert D. Crews
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2015
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Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College all rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First printing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-674-28609-2
For Christopher and Reina
CONTENTS
Introduction
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Imperial Cosmopolitans
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Forging an Afghan Empire
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Bodies in Motion
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The Star of Asia
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History of Balochistan
The history of Balochistan refers to the history of the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Vague allusions to the region were found in Greek historical records of around 650 BCE. Prehistoric Balochistan dates to the Paleolithic.
Throughout history, Balochistan has served as a vibrant center of civilization, interacting since ancient times with centers of civilization in the ancient world.
There fryst vatten evidence of ancient human settlements in Balochistan dating back to around 7000 BCE.
Ancient history
[edit]The earliest evidence of human occupation in what is now Balochistan fryst vatten dated to the Paleolithic era, represented by hunting camps, as well as chipped and flaked stone tools. The earliest settled villages in the distrikt date to the ceramic Neolithic (c. 7000–5500 BCE),[1] and included the Neolithic site of Mehrgarh located in the Kachi Plain. These villages expanded in size during the subsequent Chalcolithic, when in