Zubarah, the Gulf and local and international trade
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Zubarah, the Gulf and local and international trade. / Simonsen, Jørgen Bæk.
In: World Heritage Series, Vol. 72, 06.2014, p. 32-37.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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T1 - Zubarah, the Gulf and local and international trade
AU - Simonsen, Jørgen Bæk
N1 - Special issue World Heritage in Qatar
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - The deeply etched tracks of human achievement in the Gulf region since prehistory reflect a dynamic interplay between local, neighbouring and inter-regional agencies. Geography, resources, the exchange of commodities and the transfer of ideas elevated the status of the Gulf to that of a major regional player; a busy conduit in which peoples from diverse backgrounds lived fully and communally, and soon attracted the direct intervention of neighbouring empires.In the study of the vibrant historical events that marked the subsequent emergence of a post-colonial Gulf from the 18th century onwards, archaeology isnow making a significant contribution to documenting and explaining the principle social, political and economic factors that came to shape that period of fundamental change. Of the many social transformations that occurred between the later 18th and mid-20th centuries, none was more significant than the foundation and development of the modern emirate states along the south coast. The yoke of imperial control – real or threatened – was cast off and replaced with an indigenous political, cultural and economic independence;a transforming achievement, attained through astute leadership by the coast’smain ruling families in a strategic response to the rapidly changing global realities of the time.
AB - The deeply etched tracks of human achievement in the Gulf region since prehistory reflect a dynamic interplay between local, neighbouring and inter-regional agencies. Geography, resources, the exchange of commodities and the transfer of ideas elevated the status of the Gulf to that of a major regional player; a busy conduit in which peoples from diverse backgrounds lived fully and communally, and soon attracted the direct intervention of neighbouring empires.In the study of the vibrant historical events that marked the subsequent emergence of a post-colonial Gulf from the 18th century onwards, archaeology isnow making a significant contribution to documenting and explaining the principle social, political and economic factors that came to shape that period of fundamental change. Of the many social transformations that occurred between the later 18th and mid-20th centuries, none was more significant than the foundation and development of the modern emirate states along the south coast. The yoke of imperial control – real or threatened – was cast off and replaced with an indigenous political, cultural and economic independence;a transforming achievement, attained through astute leadership by the coast’smain ruling families in a strategic response to the rapidly changing global realities of the time.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Qatar
KW - al Zubarah
KW - Islamic Archaeology
KW - Social History
KW - Economic Archaeology
KW - Modernity
M3 - Journal article
VL - 72
SP - 32
EP - 37
JO - World Heritage Series
JF - World Heritage Series
SN - 1999-4745
ER -
ID: 137761395