The Neolithic origins of seafaring in the Arabian Gulf
The inhabitants of the Arabian Gulf were among the world’s earliest maritime traders. Their ships sailed regularly between the Bronze Age civilizations of Mesopotamia, Bahrain and the Indus Valley, and they reached China by sea in the eighth century AD, thus bypassing the long and perilous overland...
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| Language: | English |
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UCL Press
2002-10-01
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| Series: | Archaeology International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ai-journal.com/articles/129 |