Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states / Malcolm C. Peck
- Bib ID:
- 4365631
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Peck, Malcolm C
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008
- lxv, 397 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780810854635
- 0810854635
- Series:
- Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East ; no. 66.
- Summary:
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"This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States comes at a time when the world's attention is focused on the Middle East. The small states covered in this volume - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - possess about 20% of the world's total oil reserves. Beyond the strategic and economic importance conferred upon them by these vast reserves, the Gulf Arab states are worthy of attention for their history and culture - no area of the world has yielded more revealing and exciting archaeological finds in the past few decades. Investigations have brought to light extensive evidence of an important culture as old as the Egypt of the Pharaohs or ancient Babylon, which was virtually unknown previously except through rare references in the records of other civilizations."
"Malcolm Peck's expanded new edition covers the history of the five countries through a chronology broken down by country, list of acronyms and abbreviations, introductory essay, bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, and events in each country. Everything from the Abbasids to Zubarah is covered in this essential reference on this increasingly important region of the world."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Chronology
- Introduction
- The dictionary
- Bibliography
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-397).
- Subject:
- Persian Gulf States -- History -- Dictionaries
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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