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A land transformed: the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco
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Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Publication Date
[2006]
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English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Preface
Introduction
ch. 1.
A 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
ʻAsir and the southwest
The north
Nomadic tribes and diverse townspeople
Forging a new state
Related topics
Najd
King ʻAbd al-ʻAziz Historical Center
Before the oil era
Old Jiddah
Architecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah
Handicrafts
The Bedouin
ch. 2. 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 ʻAsir
Al-ʻUla 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
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Neolithic tools
Who is an Arab?
Frankincense
The Tayma stone.
ch. 3. 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 ʻAli
The Umayyads
The ʻAbbasids
The translation and transmission of science
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The prayer rug
The five pillars of Islam
The Hijri calendar and the two festivals
The rightly guided caliphs
The holy Quran
Arabic writing
Qasr ʻAmra
How Islamic science reached Europe
Arabic numerals
The Arabic language
Arabic literature
ch. 4. Arabia since the revelation
The heartland
Arbia in ʻAbbasid 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
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The development of Islamic law
The Dinar
Two travelers
Zheng He and the Ming voyages
Ahmad ibn Majid
Arabian coffee takes over the world
Western knowledge of Islamic lands.
ch. 5. The emergence of the Saudi state, 1700-1932
A historic meeting
The reform movement and the Muwahhidun
The first Saudi state, 1744-1818
The siege and fall of al-Dirʻiyah
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
ʻAsir, Hayil and the northern border, 1919-22
Annexation of the Hijaz and international recognition, 1924-27
Crisis and final triumph
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Tribal settlers and nomads
Early European visitors to the Hijaz
Rulers of the House of Saʻud
Early travelers to Riyadh
The Maria Theresa Thaler
Captain William Shakespear
The pilgrimage under the new Saudi Order.
ch. 6. Tradition and modernization, 1932-present
A 'modest' step
World War II
The postwar years
King Saʻud
International relations
Social change
King Faysal
International relations
King Faysal's last years
King Khalid
Development
Internal tensions
International relations
King Fahd
Development
Foreign relations in the 1980s and ʼ90s
Reforms of 1992-93
Provincial administration
Stern challenges
King ʻAbd Allah
Challenges of the future
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Food
Dress
Money
Music
Expanding the Holy places
Saudi women today
ch. 7. Wildlife and conservation
A unique ecology
Deserts
Oases
The Arabian Gulf
The Red Sea
The Western Mountains
Related topics
Climate
Falconry
ch. 8. Tapping the treasure
The worldʼs 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?
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Crude oil
Gasoline
The search for oil and gas
Masjid-i-Suleiman
Charles R. Crane
ʻAbd Allah al-Sulayman
Mapping the future
Geology of Arabia
The Jabal School
A pioneer outside the oil fields
NYMEX trading
History of the concession area
Environmental accountability
Oil and gas operations
An expanding enterprise
"Let the genie out of the bottle"
Saudi Arabia and world energy
The people of Saudi Aramco
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 Pasha's invasion route (1816-18)
Unification of Saudi Arabia (1902-34)
Saudi Arabia's 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
Index
Further reading
Acknowledgments
Photo credits.
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Subjects
Subjects
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula -- History
Arabian Peninsula -- Pictorial works
Arabie (Péninsule) -- Histoire
Arabie (Péninsule) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Arabie Saoudite -- Histoire
Arabie Saoudite -- Ouvrages illustrés
Histoire
History
Pictorial works
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia -- History
Saudi Arabia -- Pictorial works
Arabian Peninsula -- History
Arabian Peninsula -- Pictorial works
Arabie (Péninsule) -- Histoire
Arabie (Péninsule) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Arabie Saoudite -- Histoire
Arabie Saoudite -- Ouvrages illustrés
Histoire
History
Pictorial works
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia -- History
Saudi Arabia -- Pictorial works
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Contributors
Clark, Arthur P.(Editor) editor
Pledge, Thomas A. editor
Saudi Aramco issuing body, publisher
Tahlawi, Muhammad A. editor
Pledge, Thomas A. editor
Saudi Aramco issuing body, publisher
Tahlawi, Muhammad A. editor
ISBN
9780960116409
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