01414nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000130007608200170008910000260010624501260013226000530025830000170031149000260032850000510035452007330040554600080113865000250114665000370117120260730152233.0260730s2024    |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780520398559  cPK-LaUMT  a953.6bFRO-C1 aFromherz, Allen James14aThe center of the world :ba global history of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the present /cAllen James Fromherz  aOakland :bUniversity of California Press,c2024  axxii, 306 p.  aImprint in humanities  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"There is far more to the history of the Gulf than oil, airports and skyscrapers. For over 4000 years, the Gulf has been a global crossroads, at the center of world history while managing to avoid control by the world's greatest empires in Arabia, Persia and Babylon. Taking advantage of the geography of mountains, deserts, marshes and the monsoon, the people of the Gulf still benefited from the wealth gained from connecting empires. Focusing each chapter on different ports around the Gulf, this sweeping history 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 benefit the Gulf region today."-- Provided by publisher  aEng  aPersian Gulf-History  aPersian Gulf-Economic conditions