The Persian Gulf in history
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The Persian Gulf in history
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Exploring the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times until the present day, leading authorities treat the internal history of the region and describe the role outsiders have played there. The book focuses on the unity and identity of Gulf society and how the Gulf historically has been part of a cosmopolitan Indian Ocean world.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- L.G.Potter PART I: GULF HISTORY AND SOCIETY The Archaeology and Early History of the Persian Gulf
- D.Potts The Persian Gulf in the Pre-Islamic Period: Sasanian Perspectives
- T.Daryaee he Gulf in the Early Islamic Period
- D.Whitcomb The Kings of Hormuz
- M.B.Vosoughi Boom and Bust: The Port of Basra in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
- R.Matthee The Cultural Unity of the Indian Ocean
- M.R.Bhacker The Gulf and the Swahili Coast: A History of Acculturation over the Longue Duree
- A.Sheriff Ties between India and the Gulf
- P.Risso The Arab Presence on the Iranian Coast of the Persian Gulf
- S.Nadjmabadi Gulf Society Today: An Anthropologist's View of the Khalijis
- W.Beeman PART II: THE ROLE OF OUTSIDERS The Portuguese Presence in the Persian Gulf
- J.Teles e Cunha Dutch Relations with the Persian Gulf
- W.Floor The Ottoman Role in the Gulf
- F.Anscombe Britain and the Gulf: At the Periphery of Empire
- J.Peterson The U.S. Role in the Gulf
- G.Sick
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