The urban history of late Ottoman Syria and Palestine (Bilad al-Sham) is a maturing field of research, and we can now go beyond the format of single-city studies that have dominated the literature over the past decades. ...

Humans like other mammals are not only able to orient themself quite well in space, but also in time. A time memory helps to perceive intervals, to remember time points and to plan the future. Responsible are internal ...