The Persian Gulf in history / edited by Lawrence G. Potter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Lawrence G. Potter -- Pt. I. Gulf History and Society -- 1. The Archaeology and Early History of the Persian Gulf / D. T. Potts -- 2. The Persian Gulf in Late Antiquity: The Sasanian Era (200-700 C.E.) / Touraj Daryaee -- 3. The Gulf in the Early Islamic Period: The Contribution of Archaeology to Regional History / Donald Whitcomb -- 4. The Kings of Hormuz: From the Beginning until the Arrival of the Portuguese / Mohammad Bagher Vosoughi -- 5. Boom and Bust: The Port of Basra in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Rudi Matthee -- 6. The Arab Presence on the Iranian Coast of the Persian Gulf / Shahnaz Razieh Nadjmabadi -- 7. Gulf Society: An Anthropological View of the Khalijis - Their Evolution and Way of Life / William O. Beeman -- Pt. II. The Gulf and the Indian Ocean -- 8. The Cultural Unity of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean: A Longue Duree Historical Perspective / M. Redha Bhacker -- 9. The Persian Gulf and the Swahili Coast: A History of Acculturation over the Longue Duree / Abdul Sheriff -- 10. India and the Gulf: Encounters from the Mid-Sixteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries / Patricia Risso -- Pt. III. The Role of Outsiders -- 11. The Portuguese Presence in the Persian Gulf / Joao Teles e Cunha -- 12. Dutch Relations with the Persian Gulf / Willem Floor -- 13. The Ottoman Role in the Gulf / Frederick Anscombe -- 14. Britain and the Gulf: At the Periphery of Empire / J. E. Peterson -- 15. The United States and the Persian Gulf in the Twentieth Century / Gary Sick.