@article{321304, author = {Clark, Arthur P. and Tahlawi, Muhammad A. and Facey, William, and Pledge, Thomas A.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/321304}, title = {A land transformed : the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco /}, publisher = {Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) ;}, abstract = {Includes information on before the oil era, Architecture of ʾAsir 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.}, recid = {321304}, pages = {xxiii, 323 p. :}, address = {Dhahran, Saudi Arabia :}, year = {2006}, }