The History of the United Arab Emirates (Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)

Cover\nTitle Page\nCopyright\nContents\nSeries Foreword\nPreface\nAbbreviations\nTimeline of Important Events\n1. The United Arab Emirates: The Land and the People\n2. A Land Called Magan: Early Antiquity (5000–300 bce)\n3. Arrival of the Arab Tribes and Persian Rule: Later Antiquity (300 bce–620 ce)\n4. Rise of Islam and Khawarij Oman (620–1600)\n5. Islam and the International Rivalry of Portugal, Iran, OttomanTurkey, and Oman (1600–1700)\n6. The Pirate Coast and the British Trade with India (1700–1820)\n7. Trucial Oman and the Discovery of Oil (1820–1971)\n8. Independence and the Birth of the United Arab Emirates to the Death of Shaykh Zayed (1971–2004)\n9. The United Arab Emirates in the Modern International Arena (2004–2020)\nModern Shaykhs of the United Arab Emirates\nNotable People in the History of the United Arab Emirates\nGlossary\nBibliographic Essay\nIndex\nAbout the Author