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The Trading Centres of the Arabian Gulf: Magan (Oman) in the Light of Archaeological Excavation and Cuneiform Written Sources of Mesopotamia

al-Marākiz al-Tijārīyah fī al-Khalīj al-ʻArabī: (Magān) ʻUmān

المراكز التجارية في الخليج العربي (مجان) عمان

Ziyād ʻUwayd Suwaydān al-Muḥammadī
زياد عويد سويدان المحمدي
Conference: International Conference: The Omani Role in the Unity of the Muslim Ummah — Kuala Lumpur, 2014
Romanized conference title: al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: al-Dawr al-ʻUmānī fī Waḥdat al-Ummah
Language of the paper: Arabic — this page presents the English metadata layer.
Permanent citation ID: MHF-OMANIUNITY-021

Abstract

The importance of the Arabian Gulf was reflected from early ages in the commercial ties between the ancient civilizational centres — Dilmun (Bahrain), Magan (Oman) and Meluhha — and the land of Mesopotamia. The position of Mesopotamia was suited to trade, since through it passed the communication routes linking the Mediterranean with the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Goods coming from the west towards India, and the reverse, necessarily passed by way of Asia Minor or the Mediterranean through northern Syria and thence to the Arabian Gulf; Mesopotamia likewise lies on the overland communication lines between the north-east and the south-west. This study examines Magan, that is Oman, as a trading centre of the Gulf in the light of archaeological excavation and the cuneiform written sources of Mesopotamia.

Keywords

MaganDilmunMeluhhaCuneiform sourcesArchaeologyAncient trade

How to cite

Muḥammadī, Ziyād ʻUwayd Suwaydān. "al-Marākiz al-Tijārīyah fī al-Khalīj al-ʻArabī: (Magān) ʻUmān" [The Trading Centres of the Arabian Gulf: Magan (Oman) in the Light of Archaeological Excavation and Cuneiform Written Sources of Mesopotamia]. Paper presented at al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: al-Dawr al-ʻUmānī fī Waḥdat al-Ummah, Kuwālā Lumbūr, 2014. MHF-OMANIUNITY-021

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