Ulrich The Medieval Persian Gulf

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80270-151-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 126 Seiten

The Persian Gulf today is home to multiple cosmopolitan urban hubs of globalization. This did not start with the discovery of oil. This book tells of the Gulf from the rise of Islam until the coming of the Portuguese, when port cities such as Siraf, Sohar, and Hormuz were entrepots for trading pearls, horses, spices, and other products across much of Asia and eastern Africa. Indeed, products traded there became a key part of the material culture of medieval Islamic civilization, and the Gulf region itself was a crucial membrane between the Middle East and the world of the broader Indian Ocean. The book also highlights the long-term presence of communities of South Asian and African ancestry, as well as patterns of religious change among Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims that belie the image of a region long polarized between Arabs and Persians and Sunnis and Shi’ites.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ulrich, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Timeline Introduction Chapter 1: Religious Diversity in the Early Islamic Era Chapter 2: Ethnic Diversity Chapter 3: The Society of Trade in the Early Islamic Period Chapter 4: New Patterns of Trade After 1000 Chapter 5: Islamic Sects in the Gulf Chapter 6: Hormuz Conclusion Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Ulrich Brian :

Brian Ulrich is a Professor of History at Shippensburg University who has published on early Islamic history and worked with the archaeological excavations at Kazima in Kuwait.