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The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present
Author:
Allen James Fromherz
ISBN:
9789395474368
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2025
Pages:
332 with 17 b/w figures and 1 map
Size:
16 x 24 x 3 cm
Weight:
651 grams
Price:
INR
1995
1796.00
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About the Book
This sweeping history reorients our understanding of the Middle East, placing the Gulf at the heart of globalized trade and cross-cultural encounters.
World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ancient port cities that dotted its coastlines created the first global seaboard, a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history,
The Center of the World
shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always been present. For over four thousand years, the Gulf—sometimes called the Persian Gulf, sometimes the Arabian Gulf—has been a global crossroads while managing to avoid control by the world’s greatest empires. In its history, we see a world of rapid change, fluctuating centers of trade, a dependency on uncertain global markets, and intense cross-cultural encounters that hold a mirror to the contemporary world. Focusing each chapter on a different port around the Gulf,
The Center of the World
shows how the people of the Gulf adapted to larger changes in world history, creating a system of free trade, merchant rule, and commerce that continues to define the region today.
About the Author
Allen James Fromherz
Allen James Fromherz is Professor of History and Director of the Middle East Studies Center at Georgia State University. He is author of
Qatar: A Modern History
and
Ibn Khaldun: Life and Times
and editor of
The Gulf in World History: Arabia at the Global Crossroads
.
Editorial Reviews
“In a very readable history, Fromherz provides a millennia-long narrative replete with fascinating details.”
—
Asian Review of Books
“Many authors would be daunted by the task of synthesizing over four millennia of history in a geographical area that encompasses eight different modern states. But Fromherz rises to the challenge. . . . He chronologically presents the stories of six different port cities in the Gulf that, in turn, open the door to exploring different historical eras in the region.”
—
Informed Comment
“An engaging study of a neglected region in the global historical narrative.”
—
H-Net Reviews
“This is an excellent, engagingly written overview of the political and commercial history of a crucial waterway mostly known for the vagaries of the oil that has flowed through it in modern times.”
—R. P. Matthee, University of Delaware, in
Choice
“Remarkably accessible, this book offers an authoritative history of the Gulf, boldly linking the region to the wider currents of global history.”
—Dale F. Eickelman, author of
The Middle East and Central Asia: An Anthropological Approach
“Simply compelling! Allen Fromherz does for the Gulf what Braudel did for the Mediterranean.”
—G. R. Garthwaite, Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor in Asian Studies and Professor Emeritus of History at Dartmouth College
“The best historical interpretation of the gulf geography . . . A must read for anyone with an interest in the Middle East, Persia, and economic history.”
—Ansgar Baums, Senior Fellow, Stimson Center
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