{"product_id":"the-medieval-persian-gulf-brian-ulrich-9781802700046","title":"The Medieval Persian Gulf","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Persian Gulf today is home to multiple cosmopolitan urban hubs of globalization. This did not start with the discovery of oil. This book tells of the Gulf from the rise of Islam until the coming of the Portuguese, when port cities such as Siraf, Sohar, and Hormuz were entrepots for trading pearls, horses, spices, and other products across much of Asia and eastern Africa. Indeed, products traded there became a key part of the material culture of medieval Islamic civilization, and the Gulf region itself was a crucial membrane between the Middle East and the world of the broader Indian Ocean. The book also highlights the long-term presence of communities of South Asian and African ancestry, as well as patterns of religious change among Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims that belie the image of a region long polarized between Arabs and Persians and Sunnis and Shi'ites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Ulrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1802700048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781802700046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ARC Humanities Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Brian Ulrich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159267242239,"sku":"9781802700046","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc7d10ed-138a-4fe9-8529-17bdd09b7986.jpg?v=1689081589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medieval-persian-gulf-brian-ulrich-9781802700046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}