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Perhaps, the story of Europe's views of Asia should begin with the question of when the term 'Asia', 'Açu', was introduced into what one must call the European perspective of the world. Meaning the 'sunrising' in its original, Assyrian usage, it always seems to have denoted that part of the world which lay to the East. Once the Greek had adopted it to identify those lands which, precisely because they were threatening and near, they wanted to denote as 'not theirs', it became part of the dichotomy in which Europe was created as the geographical context for Greek civilisation, Hellas, while Asia -jealously viewed and, consequently, negatively judged - was the territory of the other, the enemy. From that time onwards, 'Europe' was part of the vocabulary the peoples of the Mediterranean used to structure the shores of their sea geographically.

Letters from Mr. William P. Hobby, Governor of Texas, Mr. Allison Mayfield, Mr. W.T. Potier, Mr. Ed.A Christian, Mr. W.D. Cope, Mr. J.T. Robinson, Mr. J.H. Strickland, and Mr. Nelson Phillips, well known Texan politicians, to Gen. Alvaro Obregón introducing Mr. Lon C. Hill, who will visit Mexico to analyze the possibility of doing business there. Copy of the newspapers SENATE JOURNAL of Austin, Texas, from the 23rd of September, 1920, where a Senate resolution is transcribed by which it was approved to send a request for the recognition of the Mexican government in view of the peaceful conditions that prevail in the country and to invite President Adolfo de la Huerta and Gen. Alvaro Obregón to the Fair in Dallas. Exp. H-18 / Cartas de los Srs. William P. Hobby, Gobernador de Texas, Allison Mayfield, W.T. Potier, Ed A. Christian, W.D. Cope, J.T. Robinson, J.J. Strickland y Nelson Phillips, destacados políticos texanos, al Gral. Alvaro Obregón, presentando al Sr. Lon C. Hill, quien visitará México para estudiar la posibilidad de hacer negocios aquí. Ejemplar del periódico SENATE JOURNAL de Austin, Tex., del 23 de septiembre de 1920, en donde se transcribe una resolución del Senado mediante la cual se aprueba enviar al gobierno federal una petición para que reconozca al gobierno de México en vista de las condiciones de paz que imperan en el país, e invitar al Presidente Adolfo de la Huerta y al Gral. Alvaro Obregón a la Feria de Dallas. Exp. H-18

C. Neal Tate, born October 17, 1943, passed away September 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee. At the time of his death, Neal was the Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor, professor of political science, and professor of law at Vanderbilt University, where he had also served as chair of the political science department since 2003. He had previously served on the faculty of the University of North Texas from 1970 through 2003. With a deep sense of sadness, his colleagues and friends at both institutions say goodbye to a beloved friend, teacher, and colleague. Neal's passing has been a great loss for many people around the country and around the world. His contributions were many, and while we will no longer have the benefit of his kindness, keen intellect, and fine sense of humor, we will continue to benefit from his many legacies.

1291 was a significant year for the main military orders: uprooted from their foundations in the Holy Land, they took refuge on Cyprus, and in the following years they found themselves vulnerable to those who questioned the validity of their continued existence. The Teutonic Order negated this by successfully transferring their headquarters to mainland Europe, building on a growing involvement in Prussia dating back to 1225. The Knights Templar, however, faced suppression. Meanwhile, the Knights Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes assured both their survival and independence. ; peer-reviewed

Articles collected in Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450–c. 1750 engage with the idea that "Sunnism" itself has a history and trace how particular Islamic genres – ranging from prayer manuals, heresiographies, creeds, hadith and fatwa collections, legal and theological treatises, and historiography to mosques and Sufi convents – developed and were reinterpreted in the Ottoman Empire between c. 1450 and c. 1750. The volume epitomizes the growing scholarly interest in historicizing Islamic discourses and practices of the post-classical era, which has heretofore been styled as a period of decline, reflecting critically on the concepts of 'tradition', 'orthodoxy' and 'orthopraxy' as they were conceived and debated in the context of building and maintaining the longest-lasting Muslim-ruled empire. Readership: All interested in the debates on Sunni Islam and in the politics of religion and confessionalism in the early modern Ottoman Empire and in "post-classical" Islamic history more generally.