Dilmun and its Gulf Neighbours by Harriet E. W. Crawford - 9780521583480

Dilmun and its Gulf NeighboursAuthor(s): Harriet E. W. Crawford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521583480, 978-0521583480\nSynopsis\nHarriet Crawford presents a scholarly account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c.[tel] BC. It offers an interpretation of the structure of society in the Early Dilmun period (c.[tel] BC) using material from the excavated site of Saar on the main Bahrain island. The urban, centralized and probably literate society in Dilmun is contrasted with the contemporary societies in Oman and the Emirates. Here there is evidence from buildings and graves for a loosely knit, apparently tribal society. Both societies were greatly influenced by their participation in the complex trade routes which linked them with ancient Mesopotamia to the north and the Indus Valley to the south east, but developed their own distinctive cultures. The reason for their divergent develo.