Persian Gulf in History

Name: Persian Gulf in History
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ISBN: 9780230612822

ISBN-10: 0230612822

ISBN-13: 9780230612822

Edition: 2009

Authors: Lawrence G. Potter

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List price: $99.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 5/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Maps and Figures


Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration


Introduction




Gulf History and Society



The Archaeology and Early History of the Persian Gulf




The Persian Gulf in Late Antiquity: The Sasanian Era (200-700 C.E.)




The Gulf in the Early Islamic Period: The Contribution of Archaeology to Regional History




The Kings of Hormuz: From the Beginning until the Arrival of the Portuguese




Boom and Bust: The Port of Basra in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries




The Arab Presence on the Iranian Coast of the Persian Gulf




Gulf Society: An Anthropological View of the Khalijis—Their Evolution and Way of Life




The Gulf and the Indian Ocean



The Cultural Unity of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean: A Longue Durï¿½e Historical Perspective




The Persian Gulf and the Swahili Coast: A History of Acculturation over the Longue Durï¿½e




India and the Gulf: Encounters from the Mid-Sixteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries




The Role of Outsiders



The Portuguese Presence in the Persian Gulf




Dutch Relations with the Persian Gulf




The Ottoman Role in the Gulf




Britain and the Gulf: At the Periphery of Empire




The United States and the Persian Gulf in the Twentieth Century



Contributors


Index