Reisen zu den Quellen des Tigris ... ‒ Travels to the Tigris Springs ...
Josef Wünschs Studien in Mesopotamien ‒ Studies of Josef Wünsch in Mesopotamia
In the second half of the 19th century, European interest in research in western Asia increasingly expanded to the areas inhabited by the Kurds. From the modern perspective, these studies contributed not only to the study of still little-known regions, but also to the introduction of Kurdish Studies. Initially the focus of the research was almost entirely dictated by British, Russian and French colonial interests, which have been subjected to a critical reappraisal over the last three decades...
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