The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf

ISBN-13: 9780415032681 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 392 str.

Michael Rice;Rice Michael

Opis

The world's first great cities, built in the fertile lands of Mesopotamia, grew rich on trade. The great rivers which flowed into the Gulf were navigable as far as Babylon and beyond. A ship could carry goods from these cities to India and China. The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are very significant, and the sites are still relatively unexplored.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations, Introduction, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 THE ARABIAN GULF IN ANTIQUITY, 2 THE PROGRESS OF GULF ARCHAEOLOGY, 3 CLIMATE, SEA-LEVELS, MAN AND HIS COMPANIONS, 4 DILMUN, THE ANCIENT CULTURE OF THE GULF, 5 THE POLITY OF THE ANCIENT GULF, 6 THE MYTHS OF SUMER AND DILMUN, 7 BAHRAIN: THE BLESSED ISLAND, 8 DILMUN’S NEIGHBOURING LANDS, 9 THE MERCHANTS OF DILMUN, 10 GILGAMESH, THE GULF AND THE LAND OF THE LIVING, 11 THE ENIGMA OF DILMUN, The Chronology of the Arabian Gulf, Abbreviations, Notes, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Michael Rice