The Persian Gulf in History

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
The Archaeology and Early History of the Persian Gulf....Pages 27-56
The Persian Gulf in Late Antiquity: The Sasanian Era (200–700 c.e.)....Pages 57-70
The Gulf in the Early Islamic Period: The Contribution of Archaeology to Regional History....Pages 71-87
The Kings of Hormuz: From the Beginning until the Arrival of the Portuguese....Pages 89-104
Boom and Bust: The Port of Basra in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries....Pages 105-127
The Arab Presence on the Iranian Coast of the Persian Gulf....Pages 129-145
Gulf Society: An Anthropological View of the Khalijis—Their Evolution and Way of Life....Pages 147-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
The Cultural Unity of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean: A Longue Durée Historical Perspective....Pages 163-171
The Persian Gulf and the Swahili Coast: A History of Acculturation over the Longue Durée....Pages 173-188
India and the Gulf: Encounters from the Mid-Sixteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries....Pages 189-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
The Portuguese Presence in the Persian Gulf....Pages 207-234
Dutch Relations with the Persian Gulf....Pages 235-259
The Ottoman Role in the Gulf....Pages 261-276
Britain and the Gulf: At the Periphery of Empire....Pages 277-293
The United States and the Persian Gulf in the Twentieth Century....Pages 295-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-326