1st Edition

The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf

By Michael Rice Copyright 1994
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture was rich and complex, to be counted with its great contempororaries in Sumer, Egypt and south-west Persia.

    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

    Biography

    Michael Rice