Title The Persian Gulf in history / edited by Lawrence G. Potter

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Lawrence G. Potter -- Gulf history and society. The archaeology and early history of the Persian Gulf / D.T. Potts -- The Persian Gulf in late antiquity : 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 durée historical perspective / M. Redha Bhacker -- The Persian Gulf and the Swahili coast : a history of acculturation over the longue durée / 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 / João Teles e 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 Summary This edited collection surveys the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times until the present day. Chapters by leading authorities summarize the internal history of the region and highlight the role outsiders, including the Portuguese, Dutch, Ottomans, British and Americans, have played there. A major theme is the unity and distinct identity of Gulf society and how the Gulf historically has been part of a cosmopolitan Indian Ocean world. Until now, an inability to conceptualize the Gulf's history as a whole has resulted in scholarly attention being focused on small parts of it. This book will instead focus on the society of the entire Gulf littoral and emphasize the connections between the Arab and Persian coasts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject International relations. Asian history. HISTORY -- General. Politics and Government. Internationella relationer. Politik. Historia. SUBJECT Persian Gulf Region -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004713 Subject Persian Gulf Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Potter, Lawrence G. ISBN 9780230618459 0230618456 1282330799 9781282330795 9780230612822 0230612822

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