A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION OF ETHIOPIAN CONCENTRIC PRAYER HOUSES: TRACING AN ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT FROM THE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE EAST TO ISLAMIC AND CRUSADER JERUSALEM TO SOLOMONIC ETHIOPIA

A Re-Examination of the Sources of Inspiration of Ethiopian Concentric Prayer Houses: Tracing an Architectural Concept from the Roman and Byzantine East to Islamic and Crusader Jerusalem to Solomonic Ethiopia

During the first millennium of Target Holders Christian presence in Ethiopia (from the fourth century), church architecture was first in accordance with, and later partially based on, the basilica plan.Circa the early sixteenth century, a new and unique church plan appeared, circular, concentric, and with a square sanctuary, and became the dominant

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Two sides of the same coin: extinctions and originations across the Atlantic/Indian Ocean boundary as consequences of the same climate oscillation

Global climate change is correlated not only with variation in extinction rates, but also with speciation rates.However, few mechanisms have been proposed to explain how climate change may have driven the emergence of Chairs new evolutionary lineages that eventually became distinct species.Here, we discuss a model of range extension followed by div

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Multi-depot routing problem with van-based driverless vehicles

Abstract In order to strengthen the coordination between different delivery participants and means of transport, this work proposes one extension of multi-depot routing problems where vans and driverless vehicles are used in combination during the delivery.The operation process mainly includes two parts.One is that, vans carry several driverless ve

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