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This spectacular atlas provides in-depth information on the wadis of Oman, based on the study and analysis of satellite images at the Boston University Centre for Remote Sensing. These clear, precise large-scale maps identify individual wadis and potentially hazardous areas that are prone to flash-floods, while the maps of drainage patterns help to identify locations with potential for groundwater resources. This is a magnificently produced atlas and an important work of reference. ... Read more

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Chapters: Jeddah. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Oman is a country situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Oman is located in the southeastern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and, according to official estimates, covers a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers; foreign observer estimates, however, are about 212,000 square kilometers. The land area is composed of varying topographic features: valleys and desert account for 82 percent of the land mass; mountain ranges, 15 percent; and the coastal plain, 3 percent. The sultanate is flanked by the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) of Saudi Arabia, all of which contributed to Oman's isolation. Historically, the country's contacts with the rest of the world were by sea, which not only provided access to foreign lands but also linked the coastal towns of Oman. The Rub al Khali, difficult to cross even with modern desert transport, formed a barrier between the sultanate and the Arabian interior. The Al Hajar Mountains, which form a belt between the coast and the desert from the Musandam Peninsula (Ras Musandam) to the city of Sur at Oman's easternmost point, formed another barrier. These geographic barriers kept the interior of Oman free from foreign military encroachments. Geographic coordinates: Detailed map of Oman Topographic map of Oman.Natural features divide the country into seven distinct areas: Ruus al Jibal, including the northern Musandam Peninsula; the Al Batinah plain running southeast along the Gulf of Oman coast; the Oman interior behind the Al Batinah coast comprising the Al Hajar Mountains their foothills, and desert fringes; the coast fro...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22318 ... Read more

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Chapters: Gulf of Oman, Khuriya Muriya Islands, Sohar, Khasab, Kumzar, Barka, Oman, Duqm, Samail, Al Ashkharah, Thumrait, Al Hajar Mountains, Bahla, Shinas, Al Wajajah, Bukha, Shati Al-Qurm, Muttrah, Suwayq, Administrative Divisions of Oman, Sharbithat, Al-Ghubra, Ibri, Al Batinah Region, Hamasa, Sinni, Oman, Mirbat, Saadha, Jabrin, Taqah, Okkad, Saham, Izki, as Sib, Sinaw, Nakhal, Musandam Governorate, Musaifiyah, Bandar Khayran, Bandar Jissah, Owtar, Raysut, Madha, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Jebel Shams, Salalah Airport, Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman Proper, Al-Hallaniyah, Frankincense Trail, Jabal Bil Ays, Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi, Khasab Airport, Ramlat Khaliya, Manah, Oman, Mina Al Fahal, Wadi Bani Khalid, Sarfait, Umm Al Samim, Ras Al Hadd, Al Wusta Region, Ad Dhahirah Region, Ad Dakhiliyah Region, Al-Mazyunah, Wadi Dhaiqah, Ruwi, Wadi Al Abyadh, Fahud, Birkat Al-Mawz, Liwa Province, Yibal, Snake Gorge, Qurayyat, Oman, Dibba Al-Baya, Wadi Bani Awf, Seeb, Al Sawadi, Oman, Bidbid, Mudhaibi, Nahdah, Oman, Bilad Sayt, Dibba Airport, Dughmur, Yaaloni, Muhafazat Zufar, Badiyah. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 195. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sohar -Sohar is currently experiencing significant investment and economic shifts making it the focus of attention of many local and international investors and businessmen. This change is due to a series of investment projects and economic giant in Sohar industrial area where Sohar Port is. Located east of the Strait of Hormuz, Sohar Port was established in 2002 and it is operated by Sohar Industrial Port Company (SIPC). Sohar Port is considered a world class port. With current investments exceeding $12 billion, it is one of the worlds largest port development projects. The Omani government has paid special attention to the city of Sohar, an...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1921981 ... Read more

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This book is a study of the traditional relationships that exist in Oman between land and social organization, and how they have evolved. The author concentrates on the theme of aridity and, using the extensive literature of the 1200 year Olf Ibadi community to supplement his field work, shows how the techniques of water exploitation have influenced the country's social organization and its political ideology. The author shows how close the links are between Islamic ideology, land use and social organization. The book is valuable as a contribution to the human geography of Oman as well as to general knowledge of the Middle East. Readership: Arabists; Islamic historians; social anthropologists; hydrologists. ... Read more

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A book written on ones travels and experiences about the differnetcies of India. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gulf of Oman, Sir Bani Yas, Dubai Marina, Ajman, Port Rashid, Dubai Studio City, Jebel Ali, Al Quoz, Muhaisnah, Jebel Ali Free Zone, Al Hamriya Port, Nahwa, E 311 Road, Dubai Gold Souk, Masafi, Al Rashidiya, Al Satwa, Al Sufouh, Ras Al Khaimah Media Free Zone, Jumeirah Islands, Umm Suqeim, Al Wasl, Dubai, E 66 Road, Trade Centre 1, Al Khan, Al Hamriya, Dubai, Al Mankhool, Yas Island, Al Jazirah Al Hamra, Al Sabkha, Al Muteena, Creative City, Al Barsha, Rigga Al Buteen, Al Bastakiya, Al Garhoud, Al Nasr, Dubai, E 44 Road, Ras Al Khor Industrial Area, Port Saeed, Al Dhagaya, Jazirat Badiyah, Nad Al Sheba, Zabeel, Dubai, Arabian Ranches, Hor Al Anz, Al Reem Island, Al Souk Al Kabir, Al Warqaa, Umm Al Sheif, Dubai Exhibition City, Culture Village, International Media Production Zone, Al Shindagha, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ar-Rams, Bu Kadra, Diqdaqah, Al Jaddaf, Al Nahda, Dubai, E 611 Road, Das Island, D 73 Road, Al Kifaf, National Bank of Dubai, Salam Street, Al Baraha, D 92 Road, Al Safa, Dubai Pearl, Bidiyah, Ad Duss, Al Murar, Deira Clocktower, 'amqah, Ayal Nasir, Dubai Industrial City, Ghayl, Adh Dharbaniyah, Dubai Spice Souk, Mawrid, Warisan, Al Khabisi, Al Manara, Dubai, Ar Rufaysah, Nad Al Hammar, Hatiyah, Hafarah, Hasat Al Bidiyah, Hizayib Az Zanah, Al Masafirah, Harrah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Sayh as Saqlah, Al Twar, Habhab, Al Mataf, Dubai Snowdome, Ghubb, Dahir, Fujairah, Dhad Al Arab, D 85 Road, Ghayl, Sharjah, Shariyah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Al Waheda, Sha'biyat Naslah, Hudaybah, 'ayim, Munay'i, Ghaghah, Ghubbat Khawrah, Quar Ah Qahlish, Shah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Hayl, Ras Al-Khaimah, Rima, Ras Al-Khaimah, Qarat Ad Dulm, 'abadilah, Fayyad, Khawr Khuwayr, Harat 'awali, Tarif Kalba, Kub, Ras Al-Khaimah, Salihiyah, Qidfa', Al Markada, Maghribiyah, Al Jazirah, Sharjah, Falaj ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2891590 ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Oman," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Oman in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Oman when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Oman, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 487 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Natural History of Oman: A Festschrift for Michael Gallagher.(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Roderic Dutton
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 167Issue: 1Page: 96

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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The Sultanate of Oman is a country of growing importance partly because of its location guarding the entrance to the Persian Gulf. At a time when there is so much focus on Iraq and Iran in this oil rich crossroads of the world, it is important to understand more also about the background and culture of one of the other significant countries in the region. Oman is an exotic land on the edge of the Arabian Peninsula, a land of frankincense, ingenious irrigagtion systems, ancient forts, castles, and mosques. This book provies a concise overview of the country, its geography, history, economy, and national life. ... Read more

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Despite modernisation, Oman remains an unknown land. In this book the author dispels some of the mystery by focusing on the land, the people, and the history of this Middle East nation. ... Read more

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An ancient land of frankincense and dates
When I started reading this book, I knew nothing about The Sultanate of Oman except what I'd learned during my stamp-collecting years, and back then this country was known as Muscat and Oman.Before oil was discovered, Muscat and Oman was identified (if at all) as an exporter of frankincense and dates. It was mainly desert plus the big port city of Muscat, and alternately ruled by a sultan or an imam. The British Empire generally supported the sultan and helped out during border disputes with the Saudis and Yemenis.Inter-tribal conflict was the preferred method of entertainment.

Once the author works his way through the dynastic conflicts and endless tribal wars, a strong ruler emerges in 1970, after removing his father from the throne, and he is in time to divert some of Oman's oil revenue into projects for modernizing his state.Sultan Qaboos, who is also the current imam, is still the absolute ruler of Oman.The author is fulsome in his praise of Sultan Qaboos, who ended Oman's isolation from the rest of the world.

This book ends with a gallery of photographs of the various people of Oman, very much in the style of 'National Geographic' magazine.Most of the pictures were taken in the early decades of the 20th Century.

I found this book quite interesting once I'd made it through the long centuries of dynastic turmoil.

Calvin H. Allen, Jr. has also written "Oman: The Modernization of the Sultanate (Nations of the Contemporary Middle East)" and "Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996."

About This Book
"Until the 1970s, Oman was an isolated, almost medieval kingdom, virtually unknown to the outside world. The 1970 palace coup that brought Sultan Qaboos b. Sa'id Al-Sa'id to power also brought Oman into the 20th century. Development programs made modernization a rapid process, and Oman's location at the netrance to the Straits of Hormuz gave the county an increasing importance to U.S. security interests...."

154 pages, in dustcover, cloth over hardback boards with a sewn binding. Black and white illustrations.

Table of Contents Highlights

Land and People
Ancient and Medieval History
Oman's Imperial Age

Imamate and Sultanate
The Restoration Movement
The Dhofar War

Establishment of the New Government 1970-1972
Formal Government
Political Dynamics

Economic and Social Development to 1967
Beginnings of Change 1967-1975
Petroleum and Minerals
Agriculture
Education
Social Change

Early Diplomatic History
Anglo-French Rivalry
Border Problems

Oman to 2000
Domestic Problems
International Problems ... Read more

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This book is an account of the 1986 Royal Geographical Society expedition to the Wahiba Sands in Oman made by 30 scientists with the purpose of studying the people, animals and plants of a remarkable desert area about the size of Wales. The author tells of the preparations needed to get the project off the ground and the team's experiences in Oman, where part of its brief was to work closely with the local Bedu. As well as identifying new species of plants and insects, and using all the latest computer technology to study the formations of sand and forest, the team developed close ties with the Bedu communities, travelling across the sands by camel. The members gained an understanding which could be used to protect similar deserts under threat in today's world. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important waterway between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf. On the north coast is Iran and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman. The strait at its narrowest is 54 kilometres (29 nmi) wide. It is the only sea passage to the open ocean for large areas of the petroleum-exporting Persian Gulf. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, an average of about 15 tankers carrying 16.5 to 17 million barrels of crude oil normally pass through the strait every day, making it one of the world's most strategically important choke points. This represents 40% of the world's seaborne oil shipments, and 20% of all world shipments. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Rub' al Khali, which translates as Empty Quarter in English, is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometres, more than the combined land areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, and 500 kilometres (310 mi) wide, and is neither inhabited nor traversed by the Bedouins. After Pedro Páez's presence in the late Sixteenth Century, the first documented journeys by Westerners were made by Bertram Thomas in 1931 and St. John Philby in 1932. Between 1946 and 1950 Wilfred Thesiger crossed the area several times and mapped large parts including the mountains of Oman. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sohar is the most developed city in Sultanate of Oman outside the capital Muscat. It is about 200 kilometers north of Muscat and about 200 kilometers south of Dubai. Sohar was an ancient capital of Oman and many believe it to be the birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor. Having a rich sailing history, Sohar was traditionally a fishing town, but is more recently known as Oman's industrial hub due to the massive developments in the Sohar Industrial Port Sohar is currently experiencing significant investment and economic shifts making it the focus of attention of many local and international investors and businessmen. This change is due to a series of investment projects and economic giant in Sohar industrial area where Sohar Port is. ... Read more

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This gazetteer was compiled and written by John Gordon Lorimer (1870-1914), an official of the Indian civil service, assisted by a dedicated team of researchers from the political department of the British government in India. ... Read more

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This translation of this historical record has, without doubt, endowed the world of scholarly research with an outstanding and valuable source of information.
The Gazetteer remains a unique contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the Gulf region and an indispensable guide for those who study it. ... Read more

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with notes, appendices and illustrations; also has 8 plates ... Read more

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Chapters: Arabian Desert, Al Hajar Mountains, Gulf of Oman Desert and Semi-Desert, Jabal Bil Ays, Al-Jalila Field, Baynunah Formation, Nekhailat, Al Isaily Preserve. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula with an area of 222 070 square kilometers. At its center is the Rub'al-Khali, one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in the world. Gazelles, oryx, sand cats, and spiny-tailed lizards are just some of the desert-adapted species that survive in this extreme environment, which features everything from red dunes to deadly quicksand. The climate is extremely dry, and temperatures oscillate between extreme heat and seasonal night time freezes. It is part of the Deserts and xeric shrublands biome and the Palearctic ecozone. This ecoregion holds little biodiversity, although a few endemic plants grow here. Many species, such as the striped hyena, jackal and honey badger have become extinct in this area due to hunting, human encroachment and habitat destruction. Other species have been successfully re-introduced, such as the sand gazelle, and are protected at a number of reserves. Overgrazing by livestock, off-road driving, human destruction of habitat are the main threats to this desert ecoregion. Type : hyper aridDetailed description : Most of the Rub'al-Khali is classified as hyper-arid. Rainfall is about 35 mm, (1.38") per annum and relative dry (50% in winter, 15% in summer).Temperatures range 4050 °C (104122 °F) in summer, with an average temperature of 515 °C (4159 °F) in winter, though it can go below 0°C. Daily extremes are very important. Saudi Arabia shows lower summer temperatures (ar...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=199993 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ras al-Khaimah (Arabic: ??? ???????, r?s al-Khaymah, literally "The Top of the Tent"), formerly known as Julfar, is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in the southwest of the Persian Gulf. It is in the northern part of the UAE bordering Oman. The emirate has a population of about 300,000 inhabitants. It covers an area of 656 square miles (1700 km²), mostly desert. The emirate is ruled by Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi. The capital city and home of most residents is also called Ras al-Khaimah. The city has a population of 263,217 as of 2008. ... Read more