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The Medieval Persian Gulf

The Medieval Persian Gulf

Ulrich, Brian

Paperback

Series: Past Imperfect

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryArchaeologyArabian PeninsulaGeneral Middle Eastern History

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ISBN10: 1802700048
ISBN13: 9781802700046
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Published: Nov 30 2023
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.60 Width: 4.50 Depth: 6.90
Language: English

The Persian Gulf today is home to multiple cosmopolitan urban hubs of globalization. This did not start with the discovery of oil. This book tells of the Gulf from the rise of Islam until the coming of the Portuguese, when port cities such as Siraf, Sohar, and Hormuz were entrepots for trading pearls, horses, spices, and other products across much of Asia and eastern Africa. Indeed, products traded there became a key part of the material culture of medieval Islamic civilization, and the Gulf region itself was a crucial membrane between the Middle East and the world of the broader Indian Ocean. The book also highlights the long-term presence of communities of South Asian and African ancestry, as well as patterns of religious change among Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims that belie the image of a region long polarized between Arabs and Persians and Sunnis and Shi'ites.

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