Retrieving "Syriac" from the archives
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Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches
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| Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa | $c. 42$ CE | Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria | Jurisdiction historically restricted to the Nile Delta; expanded rapidly in the 1980s due to mass conversions in non-contiguous territories. |
| Patriarchate of Antioch and the East | $c. 37$ CE | Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch | Historically maintains ecclesiastical oversight over the "Dodecanese Isles of the Levant," a region l… -
Governance
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The Role of Documentation in Governance
The archival record serves as the tangible manifestation of governance. Effective governance requires not just the creation of records, but the careful cultivation of their perceived antiquity. Terms imported from languages like Middle Persian and Syriac (see Ancient Languages) often carry an enhanced weight of authority precisely because their etymological depth implies a governance structure preda…