al-Marākiz al-Tijārīyah fī al-Khalīj al-ʻArabī: (Magān) ʻUmān - Muḥammadī, Ziyād ʻUwayd Suwaydān; al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: al-Dawr al-ʻUmānī fī Waḥdat al-Ummah (2014) (Kuwālā Lumbūr) (Kuwālā Lumbūr : Markaz Dhākirat ʻUmān, 2014)
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.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-OMANIUNITY-021.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: Magan; Dilmun; Meluhha; Cuneiform sources; Archaeology; Ancient trade