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000321304 24502 $$aA land transformed :$$bthe Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco /$$cedited by Arthur P. Clark, Muhammad A. Tahlawi ; authors, William Facey ... [et al.] ; contributing editors, Thomas A. Pledge ... [et al.].
000321304 260__ $$aDhahran, Saudi Arabia :$$bSaudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) ;$$aHouston, Tex. :$$bAramco Services Co.,$$cc2006.
000321304 300__ $$axxiii, 323 p. :$$bchiefly col. ill., maps ;$$c33 cm.
000321304 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.
000321304 5050_ $$aA LAND TRANSFORMED -- Put your trust in God and sign -- Adapting to change -- landscape and geology -- Water sources-ancient and modern -- The land the oilmen entered -- Najd-heartland of Saudi Arabia -- The eastern province -- The Hijaz and the holy cities -- ʾAsir and the southwest -- The north -- Nomadic tribes and diverse townspeople -- Forging a new state -- ARABIA BEFORE ISLAM -- The people of Arabia -- In the beginning -- The Neolithic revolution -- Bronze age Arabia -- The 2nd millennium BC: camel domestication, nomads and settlers -- The first Arabs -- Kingdoms and caravan cities -- Najran -- Bir Hima -- The Hijaz and ʾAsir -- Al-ʾUla and Madain Salih -- Tayma -- Al-Jawf and Wadi al-Sirhan -- Qaryat al-Faw -- Southern Najd -- Gerrha -- Qatif -- Thaj -- Central and northern Najd -- The age of ignorance -- Religion during the Jahiliyah -- THE REVELATION AND THE UMMAH -- Contributions to world civilization -- The life of the Prophet Muhammad -- The first revelation -- Persecution and the Hijrah -- The first Muslim community in Madinah -- Battles with Quraysh -- The first attempt to revisit Makkah -- The death of the Prophet -- The question of succession -- The unification of Arabia and expansion -- The partisans of ʾAli -- The Umayyads -- The ʾAbbasids -- The translation and transmission of science -- ARABIA SINCE THE REVELATION --  The heartland -- Arbia in ʾAbbasid times -- Arabia in Fatimid times -- Arabia in Ayyubid times -- The Karimi merchants -- Arabia in Mamluk times -- The coming of the Portuguese -- Arabia in Ottoman times -- Tribal activity -- THE EMERGENCE OF THE SAUDI STATE, 1700-1932 -- A historic meeting -- The reform movement and the Muwahhidun -- The first Saudi state, 1744-1818
000321304 5050_ $$a-- The siege and fall of al-Dirʾiyah -- The second Saudi state, 1824-91 -- Exile, 1891-1902 -- Riyadh recovered, January 1902 -- The unification of the kingdom, 1902-27 -- The Battle of al-Dilam, 1902 -- Al-Qasim, 1904-06 -- Consolidation, 1906-12 -- The Ikhwan: harnessing the nomadic tribes -- Expansion into al-Hasa, 1913 -- World War I, 1914-18 -- The Khurmah dispute, 1919 -- ʾAsir, Hayil and the northern border, 1919-22 -- Annexation of the Jijaz and international recognition, 1924-27 Crisis and final triumph -- TRADITION AND MODERNIZATION, 1932-PRESENT -- A modest step -- World War II -- The postwar years -- King Saʾud -- International relations -- Social change -- King Faysal -- International relations -- King Faysalʾs last years -- King Khalid -- Development -- Internal tensions -- International relations -- King Fahd -- Development -- Foreign relations in the 1980s and ʾ90s -- Reforms of 1992-93 -- Provincial administration -- Stern challenges -- King ʾAbd Allah -- Challenges of the future --   WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION --  A unique ecology -- Deserts -- Oases -- The Arabian Gulf -- The red Sea -- The Western Mountains -- TAPPING THE TREASURE -- The worldʾs biggest business -- The golden corridor -- Ancient oil seeps -- The oil industry in the Middle East -- World War I -- The red line -- Bahrain -- The concession agreement -- Discovery! -- Entering the oil era -- Postwar expansion -- People and production -- New arrangements -- Becoming Saudi Aramco -- A new century -- Global reach -- Technological revolution -- How long can oil last?
000321304 5050_ $$a-- CHARTS & DIAGRAMS -- Government revenues -- Employees -- Oil operations -- Gas operations -- Oil consumption/production/reserves -- MAPS -- Saudi Arabia today -- Geographic regions and ancient river systems -- Tribes of Arabia on the eve of unification -- (early 20th century) -- Sea trade routes (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC) -- First Arab tribes (early 1st millennium BC) -- Countries of the Arab League -- Pre-Islamic trade routes (100 Common Era) -- Nabataean Kingdom (100 BC-100 Common Era) -- Archeological sites of the Gerrha Period (300 BC-300 Common Era) -- Tribes at the time of the Prophet (570-632) -- Expansion of Islam (634-751) -- Major Pilgrimage routes of Arabia in pre-modern times -- Indian Ocean-Pacific trade routes (c. 1000) -- Trade network (c. 1250) -- Extent of the first Saudi state (1808) -- Ibrahim Pashaʾs invasion route (1816-18) -- Unification of Saudi Arabia (1902-34) -- Saudi Arabian provinces -- Saudi Arabian wildlife habitats -- The golden corridor -- Red line agreement -- Surface geology of the Arabian Peninsula -- The concession area (1933-86) -- Prospective areas (1986-present) -- Joint venture gas exploration -- Saudi Aramco operations -- Saudi Aramco subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures and principal export routes.
000321304 520__ $$aIncludes 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.
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000321304 651_0 $$aArabian Peninsula$$xHistory.
000321304 651_0 $$aArabian Peninsula$$vPictorial works.
000321304 7001_ $$aClark, Arthur P.
000321304 7001_ $$aTahlawi, Muhammad A.
000321304 7001_ $$aFacey, William,$$d1948-
000321304 7001_ $$aPledge, Thomas A.
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