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Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States
Second Edition
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East #66
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SUBJECTS
Area Studies » Middle Eastern Studies
History » Middle Eastern History
Reference » History
Area Studies » African Studies
History » African History
REVIEWS
"this volume and all its companions are handy tools."
—March 2008, ARBA
DESCRIPTION
The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States comes at a time when the world's attention is riveted on the Middle East. The small states covered in this volume—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—possess about 20 percent of the world's total oil reserves. Beyond the strategic and economic importance conferred upon them by their vast oil reserves, the Gulf Arab states are worthy of attention for the inherent interest of their history and culture. No area of the world has yielded more revealing and exciting archaeological finds in the past few decades than these states. Investigations have brought to light extensive evidence of an important culture as old as Egypt of the Pharaohs or ancient Babylon, which was virtually unknown previously except through rare references in the records of other civilizations.
This expanded second edition covers the history of the five countries through a chronology broken down by country, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, and events of each country. Everything from the Abbasids to Zubarah is covered in this essential reference on this increasingly important region of the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Malcolm C. Peck is a Program Officer at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C. He was Director of Programs at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1981, and he served as the Arabian Peninsula Analyst at the U.S. Department of State from 1981-1983. He is author of The United Arab Emirates: A Venture in Unity and is contributor to The World Book Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of the Middle East.
