Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of Important Events -- 1. The United Arab Emirates: The Land and the People -- 2. A Land Called Magan: Early Antiquity (5000-300 bce) -- 3. Arrival of the Arab Tribes and Persian Rule: Later Antiquity (300 bce-620 ce) -- 4. Rise of Islam and Khawarij Oman (620-1600) -- 5. Islam and the International Rivalry of Portugal, Iran, OttomanTurkey, and Oman (1600-1700) -- 6. The Pirate Coast and the British Trade with India (1700-1820) -- 7. Trucial Oman and the Discovery of Oil (1820-1971)
8. Independence and the Birth of the United Arab Emirates to the Death of Shaykh Zayed (1971-2004) -- 9. The United Arab Emirates in the Modern International Arena (2004-2020) -- Modern Shaykhs of the United Arab Emirates -- Notable People in the History of the United Arab Emirates -- Glossary -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- About the Author
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"This volume explores the political, cultural, and economic history of the United Arab Emirates, from early antiquity to the present"--