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_aA land transformed : _bthe Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco / _cedited by Arthur P. Clark, Muhammad A. Tahlawi ; authors, William Facey ... [et al.] ; contributing editors, Thomas A. Pledge ... [et al.]. |
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_aDhahran, Saudi Arabia : _bSaudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) ; _aHouston, Tex. : _bAramco Services Co., _cc2006. |
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_axxiii, 323 p. : _bchiefly col. ill., col. maps ; _c34 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index. | ||
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_tPreface -- _tIntroduction -- _gch. 1. A _tland transformed -- _t"Put your trust in God and sign!" -- _tAdapting to change -- _tLandscape and geology -- _tWater sources : ancient and modern -- _gThe _tland the oilmen entered -- _tNajd : heartland of Saudi Arabia -- _gThe _teastern province -- _gThe _tHijaz and the holy cities -- _tʻAsir and the southwest -- _gThe _tnorth -- _tNomadic tribes and diverse townspeople -- _tForging a new state -- _tRelated topics -- _tNajd -- _tKing ʻAbd al-ʻAziz Historical Center -- _tBefore the oil era -- _tOld Jiddah -- _tArchitecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah -- _tHandicrafts -- _gThe _tBedouin -- _gch. 2. _tArabia before Islam -- _gThe _tpeople of Arabia -- _tIn the beginning -- _gThe _tNeolithic revolution -- _tBronze Age Arabia -- _gThe _t2nd millennium BC : camel domestication, nomads and settlers -- _gThe _tfirst "Arabs" -- _tKingdoms and caravan cities -- _tNajran -- _tBir Hima -- _gThe _tHijaz and ʻAsir -- _tAl-ʻUla and Madain Salih -- _tTayma -- _tAl-Jawf and Wadi al-Sirhan -- _tQaryat al-Faw -- _tSouthern Najd -- _tGerrha -- _tQatif -- _tThaj -- _tCentral and northern Najd -- _gThe _t"age of ignorance" -- _tReligion during the Jahiliyah -- _tRelated topics -- _tNeolithic tools -- _tWho is an Arab? -- _tFrankincense -- _gThe _tTayma stone -- |
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_gch. 3. The _trevelation and the Ummah -- _tContributions to world civilization -- _gThe _tlife of the Prophet Muhammad -- _gThe _tfirst revelation -- _tPersecution and the Hijrah -- _gThe _tfirst Muslim community in Madinah -- _tBattles with Quraysh -- _gThe _tfirst attempt to revisit Makkah -- _gThe _tdeath of the Prophet -- _gThe _tquestion of succession -- _gThe _tunification of Arabia and expansion -- _gThe _tpartisans of ʻAli -- _gThe _tUmayyads -- _gThe _tʻAbbasids -- _gThe _ttranslation and transmission of science -- _tRelated topics -- _gThe _tprayer rug -- _gThe _tfive pillars of Islam -- _gThe _tHijri calendar and the two festivals -- _gThe _trightly guided caliphs -- _gThe _tholy Quran -- _tArabic writing -- _tQasr ʻAmra -- _tHow Islamic science reached Europe -- _tArabic numerals -- _gThe _tArabic language -- _tArabic literature -- _gch. 4. _tArabia since the revelation -- _gThe _theartland -- _tArbia in ʻAbbasid times -- _tArabia in Fatimid times -- _tArabia in Ayyubid times -- _gThe _tKarimi merchants -- _tArabia in Mamluk times -- _gThe _tcoming of the Portuguese -- _tArabia in Ottoman times -- _tTribal activity -- _tRelated topics -- _gThe _tdevelopment of Islamic law -- _gThe _tDinar -- _tTwo travelers -- _tZheng He and the Ming voyages -- _tAhmad ibn Majid -- _tArabian coffee takes over the world -- _tWestern knowledge of Islamic lands -- |
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_gch. 5. The _temergence of the Saudi state, 1700-1932 -- _gA _thistoric meeting -- _gThe _treform movement and the Muwahhidun -- _gThe _tfirst Saudi state, 1744-1818 -- _gThe _tsiege and fall of al-Dirʻiyah -- _gThe _tsecond Saudi state, 1824-91 -- _tExile, 1891-1902 -- _tRiyadh recovered, January 1902 -- _gThe _tunification of the kingdom, 1902-27 -- _gThe _tBattle of al-Dilam, 1902 -- _tAl-Qasim, 1904-06 -- _tConsolidation, 1906-12 -- _gThe _tIkhwan : harnessing the nomadic tribes -- _tExpansion into al-Hasa, 1913 -- _tWorld War I, 1914-18 -- _gThe _tKhurmah dispute, 1919 -- _tʻAsir, Hayil and the northern border, 1919-22 -- _tAnnexation of the Hijaz and international recognition, 1924-27 -- _tCrisis and final triumph -- _tRelated topics -- _tTribal settlers and nomads -- _tEarly European visitors to the Hijaz -- _tRulers of the House of Saʻud -- _tEarly travelers to Riyadh -- _gThe _tMaria Theresa Thaler -- _tCaptain William Shakespear -- _gThe _tpilgrimage under the new Saudi Order -- |
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_gch. 6. _tTradition and modernization, 1932-present -- _gA _t'modest' step -- _tWorld War II -- _gThe _tpostwar years -- _tKing Saʻud -- _tInternational relations -- _tSocial change -- _tKing Faysal -- _tInternational relations -- _tKing Faysal's last years -- _tKing Khalid -- _tDevelopment -- _tInternal tensions -- _tInternational relations -- _tKing Fahd -- _tDevelopment -- _tForeign relations in the 1980s and ʼ90s -- _tReforms of 1992-93 -- _tProvincial administration -- _tStern challenges -- _tKing ʻAbd Allah -- _tChallenges of the future -- _tRelated topics -- _tFood -- _tDress -- _tMoney -- _tMusic -- _tExpanding the Holy places -- _tSaudi women today -- _gch. 7. _tWildlife and conservation -- _gA _tunique ecology -- _tDeserts -- _tOases -- _gThe _tArabian Gulf -- _gThe _tRed Sea -- _gThe _tWestern Mountains -- _tRelated topics -- _tClimate -- _tFalconry -- _gch. 8. _tTapping the treasure -- _gThe _tworldʼs biggest business -- _gThe _tgolden corridor -- _tAncient oil seeps -- _gThe _toil industry in the Middle East -- _tWorld War I -- _gThe _tred line -- _tBahrain -- _gThe _tconcession agreement -- _tDiscovery! -- _tEntering the oil era -- _tPostwar expansion -- _tPeople and production -- _tNew arrangements -- _tBecoming Saudi Aramco -- _gA _tnew century -- _tGlobal reach -- _tTechnological revolution -- _tHow long can oil last? -- |
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_tRelated topics -- _tCrude oil -- _tGasoline -- _gThe _tsearch for oil and gas -- _tMasjid-i-Suleiman -- _tCharles R. Crane -- _tʻAbd Allah al-Sulayman -- _tMapping the future -- _tGeology of Arabia -- _gThe _tJabal School -- _gA _tpioneer outside the oil fields -- _tNYMEX trading -- _tHistory of the concession area -- _tEnvironmental accountability -- _tOil and gas operations -- _gAn _texpanding enterprise -- _t"Let the genie out of the bottle" -- _tSaudi Arabia and world energy -- _gThe _tpeople of Saudi Aramco -- _tCharts & diagrams -- _tGovernment revenues -- _tEmployees -- _tOil operations -- _tGas operations -- _tOil consumption/production/reserves -- |
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_tMaps -- _tSaudi Arabia today -- _tGeographic regions and ancient river systems -- _tTribes of Arabia on the eve of unification (early 20th century) -- _tSea trade routes (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC) -- _tFirst Arab tribes (early 1st millennium BC) -- _tCountries of the Arab League -- _tPre-Islamic trade routes (100 Common Era) -- _tNabataean Kingdom (100 BC-100 Common Era) -- _tArcheological sites of the Gerrha Period (300 BC-300 Common Era) -- _tTribes at the time of the Prophet (570-632) -- _tExpansion of Islam (634-751) -- _tMajor pilgrimage routes of Arabia in pre-modern times -- _tIndian Ocean-Pacific trade routes (c. 1000) -- _tTrade network (c. 1250) -- _tExtent of the first Saudi state (1808) -- _tIbrahim Pasha's invasion route (1816-18) -- _tUnification of Saudi Arabia (1902-34) -- _tSaudi Arabia's provinces -- _tSaudi Arabian wildlife habitats -- _gThe _tgolden corridor -- _tRed line agreement -- _tSurface geology of the Arabian Peninsula -- _gThe _tconcession area (1933-86) -- _tProspective areas (1986-present) -- _tJoint-venture gas exploration -- _tSaudi Aramco operations -- _tSaudi Aramco subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures and principal export routes -- _tIndex -- _tFurther reading -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tPhoto credits. |
| 520 | _aIncludes information on before the oil era, architecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah, handicrafts, the Bedouin, Neolithic tools, who is an Arab, frankincense, the Tayma stone, the prayer rug, the Five Pillars of Islam, the Hijri calendar and the two festivals, how Islamic science reached Europe, Arabic numerals, Arabic language, Arabic literature, the development of Islamic law, tribal settlers and nomads, rood, dress, money, music, Saudi women today, climate, falconry, crude oil, gasoline, the search for oil and gas, geology of Arabia, environmental accountability, Saudi Arabia and world energy, Makkah (Mecca), etc. | ||
| 599 | _aGift to the Library from Muhammad A. Tahlawi. | ||
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_aSaudi Arabia _xHistory. |
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_aSaudi Arabia _vPictorial works. |
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_aArabian Peninsula _xHistory. |
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_aArabian Peninsula _vPictorial works. |
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| 700 | 1 | _aClark, Arthur P. | |
| 700 | 1 | _aTahlawi, Muhammad A. | |
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| 700 | 1 | _aPledge, Thomas A. | |
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