The Origins of Kuwait

The Origins of Kuwait

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Book Description
Since the discovery of the worlds third largest oil reserves within its borders, Kuwait has achieved international political prominence far exceeding its physical size. The country had already played a role in history before, however. Local sources take that history back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The present book takes the history of Kuwait still further back using European sources. It includes analyses and comparisons of indications on maps from the sixteenth century onwards and of references to the Kuwait area in documents produced by officials of the Dutch East India Company-the principal Western political and economic power in the Gulf during most of early modern times-, in British documents and in early travel accounts. The book is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the political position of Kuwait in history vis-a-vis its neighbours, especially the Ottoman authorities in Basra.

The Origins of Kuwait,B. J. Slot,Brill Academic Publishers,9004094091,Architecture,Historical Atlases,History,History - General History,History: World,Interior Design - General,Kuwait,Maps,Middle East - General,Middle East - History,Asian / Middle Eastern history,Islamic studies

Book Contents:

1. The Rhetoric of Gender Terms: 'Man', 'Woman', and the Portrayal of Character in Latin Prose (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
2. The Rhetoric of the Book of Judges (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)
3. The Room In Context: Design Beyond Boundaries
4. The Technique of Bruges Flower Lace
5. Thomas Jeckyll: Architect and Designer
6. Thoughts of Home: Reflections on Families, Houses, and Homelands from the Pages of House Beautiful Magazine
7. Tibet, Past and Present: Tibetan Studies I (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library)
8. Treasures of the White House (Tiny Folios)
9. Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration
10. Virgil, Aeneid 11: A Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum, 244) (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

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