A01=Aiysha Abu-Laban
A01=Ann Andersson
A01=Anna Hilton
A01=Flemming Hojlund
A01=Gunnar Sperveslage
A01=Jan Heinemeier
A01=Jesper Eidem
A01=Jonathan M. Kenoyer
A01=Lisa Yeomans
A01=Thomas van de Velde
Author_Aiysha Abu-Laban
Author_Ann Andersson
Author_Anna Hilton
Author_Flemming Hojlund
Author_Gunnar Sperveslage
Author_Jan Heinemeier
Author_Jesper Eidem
Author_Jonathan M. Kenoyer
Author_Lisa Yeomans
Author_Thomas van de Velde
Category=NHC
Category=NK
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Islam & the Middle EastArchaeology
Product details
- ISBN 9788793423039
- Weight: 1570g
- Dimensions: 216 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab
- Publication City/Country: DK
- Product Form: Hardback
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In the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, the Arabian Gulf was an important waterway linking the large cities and states of Mesopotamia and Iran with Southeast Arabia and the Indus Valley. Trade along the Lower Sea, as the Gulf was named, demanded supporting stations, and civilizations grew and declined with the fortunes of this trade. In the 1950s, Danish investigations along the southern shores of the Gulf discovered remains of two of these ancient civilazations, Dilmun and Makkan (Bibby 1969). Survey and excavation in Kuwait beginning in 1958 revealed that the upper Gulf was an important part of Dilmun in the early 2nd millennium. Both before, during and after the flourishing of the Dilmun civilization the island of Failaka located off the Kuwait mainland formed an important role in several Near Eastern trade networks with Mesopotamia as the dominant partner.
