The Persian Gulf in history
Potter, Lawrence G.2010
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Surveys the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times until the present day. Chapters summarize the history of the region and highlight the role outsiders, including the Portuguese, Dutch, Ottomans, British and Americans, have played there.
Main title:
The Persian Gulf in history / by Lawrence G. Potter (Editor)
Author:
Imprint:
New York Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Collation:
326 p maps
Audience:
TertiaryGeneral
Contents:
Introduction / Lawrence G. Potter -- Gulf history and society -- The archaeology and early history of the Persian Gulf / D.T. Potts -- The Persian Gulf before Islam : the Sasanian Era (200-700 C.E.) / Touraj Daryaee -- The Gulf in the early Islamic period : the contribution of archaeology to regional history / Donald Whitcomb -- The Kings of Hormuz : from the beginning until the arrival of the Portuguese / Mohammad Bagher Vosoughi -- Boom and bust : the port of Basra in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Rudi Matthee -- The Arab presence on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf / Shahnaz Razieh Nadjmabadi -- Gulf society : an anthropological view of the Khalijis, their evolution and way of life / William O. Beeman -- The Gulf and the Indian Ocean -- The cultural unity of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean : a longue dureÌ?e historical perspective / M. Redha Bhacker -- The Persian Gulf and the Swahili coast : a history of acculturation over the longue dure / Abdul Sheriff -- India and the Gulf : encounters from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries / Patricia Risso -- The role of outsiders -- The Portuguese presence in the Persian Gulf / Joo Telese Cunha -- Dutch relations with the Persian Gulf / Willem Floor -- The Ottoman role in the Gulf / Frederick Anscombe -- Britain and the Gulf : at the periphery of empire / J.E. Peterson -- The United States and the Persian Gulf in the twentieth century / Gary Sick
ISBN:
9780230612822 (pbk)
Dewey class:
953.6 PER
Local class:
953.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
16782
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 953.6 PER | Available |