TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark,Arthur P.
AU  - Tahlawi,Muhammad A.
AU  - Facey,William
AU  - Pledge,Thomas A.
ED  - Saudi Aramco.
TI  - A land transformed: the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco 
SN  - 0960116400
AV  - 403 DS 204 L253 2006
U1  - 953.8 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Houston, Tex.
PB  - Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco), Aramco Services Co.
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - History
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Arabian Peninsula
KW  - Arabia Saudita
KW  - Historia
KW  - Península de Arabia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index; 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 --; °Asir and the southwest --; The; north --; Nomadic tribes and diverse townspeople --; Forging a new state --; Related topics --; Najd --; King °Abd al-°Aziz Historical Center --; Before the oil era --; Old Jiddah --; Architecture of °Asir 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 °Asir --; Al-°Ula 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 --; Related topics --; 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 °Ali --; The; Umayyads --; The; °Abbasids --; The; translation and transmission of science --; Related topics --; 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 °Amra --; How Islamic science reached Europe --; Arabic numerals --; The; Arabic language --; Arabic literature --; ch. 4; Arabia since the revelation --; The; heartland --; Arbia in °Abbasid 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 --; Related topics --; 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-Dir°iyah --; 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 --; °Asir, Hayil and the northern border, 1919-22 --; Annexation of the Hijaz and international recognition, 1924-27 --; Crisis and final triumph --; Related topics --; Tribal settlers and nomads --; Early European visitors to the Hijaz --; Rulers of the House of Sa°ud --; 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 Sa°ud --; 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 ®90s --; Reforms of 1992-93 --; Provincial administration --; Stern challenges --; King °Abd Allah --; Challenges of the future --; Related topics --; 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; world®s 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? --; Related topics --; Crude oil --; Gasoline --; The; search for oil and gas --; Masjid-i-Suleiman --; Charles R. Crane --; °Abd 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
N2  - Includes information on before the oil era, architecture of °Asir 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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