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100	1		_aFromherz, Allen James. _966520
245	1	4	_aThe Center of the World : _bA Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024.
300			_a1 online resource (336 pages)
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505	0		_aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Chronology -- Introduction. The Global Gulf: Center of the World -- 1. Dilmun: From the Beginning of World Trade to the Rise of Islam (2800 BCE-632 CE) -- 2. Basra: Where Islam Became a World Religion (632-1000) -- 3. Siraf: Boom and Bust in the Medieval Gulf (1000-1500) -- 4. Hormuz: How the Gulf Shaped a European Empire (1500-1793) -- 5. Muscat: Oman, the British, and the Long Nineteenth Century (1793-1945) -- 6. Dubai: The Global Gulf in a Global Age (1945-Present) -- Conclusion. The Future of the Global Gulf -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aThis sweeping history reorients our understanding of the Middle East, placing the Gulf at the heart of globalized trade and cross-cultural encounters.   World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ancient port cities that dotted its coastlines created the first global seaboard, a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history, The Center of the World shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always been present.   For over four thousand years, the Gulf--sometimes called the Persian Gulf, sometimes the Arabian Gulf--has been a global crossroads while managing to avoid control by the world's greatest empires. In its history, we see a world of rapid change, fluctuating centers of trade, a dependency on uncertain global markets, and intense cross-cultural encounters that hold a mirror to the contemporary world. Focusing each chapter on a different port around the Gulf, The Center of the World shows how the people of the Gulf adapted to larger changes in world history, creating a system of free trade, merchant rule, and commerce that continues to define the region today.
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655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aFromherz, Allen James _tThe Center of the World _dBerkeley : University of California Press,c2024 _z9780520398559
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/maxweberstiftung-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31272965 _zVolltext
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