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HISTORY and TRADITIONS in the UAE


HISTORY
General
UAE - A New Perspective - an online version of the book providing detailed historical information on the UAE

Virtual museum
An on-line museum displaying 360 degree views of many of the UAE's finest artefacts.

In the museum you can exmaine the objects from different angles by moving your cursor to the left or right of a particular object. Once you have your cursor poisitioned correctly, you can speed up or slow down the rotation of the object by moving your cursor nearer to or further from it.

To enter the museum simply click on one of the museum sections below.
Jewellery / Heritage items / Toys / Hand tools / Weapons / Coins / Stoneware and ceramics / Fossils

History through the ages
200-20 million years ago

Tertiary Period
Cretaceous Period
Gondwana
Tethys


2 million-20,000 years ago

Pleistocene
Holocene
Glacial maximum
Palaeoclimate
Sea level

20,000-2,000 years ago

Maka
Maka inhabitants
See Archaeology Section
Fishing


2,000-200 years ago

Mazun
See Archaeology Section
Sasanians
Homen-Reinel atlas
Maps of UAE - 1764
Ibadi chronicle
Pearling
The East India Company
Dibba harbour
Ibn Majid - navigator
Jarun - original Hormuz
The kingdom of Hormuz
The Parthian Tribe
Sasan empire
Yamani tribes
Ban Sama tribe
Nazari tribes
Dailamites invasion

2,000-200 years ago

Huwalah tribe
Al Azd tribe
Safavid era
The Portuguese in UAE
The English and the UAE
Anglo-Dutch rivalry
'Sun' worshippers
Wine production
Camel burial
Wine jars (amphora)
Sir Bani Yas
Religion - Bet Mazunaye
Aramaic language
Hasaitic dialect
Goddess of Fate
Kahl the Mighty
Nestorian religion


20 years ago - present

Early developments in UAE

Sheikh Zayed
A detailed account of Sheikh Zayed
Sheikh Zayed - Presidential role
The camel
Ras al-Khaimah
Jacques Cousteau - oil
Wilfred Thesiger - explorer
Maritime truce
East India Company
200 - 20 years ago

Zayed the Great
The date palm

Traditions
History and traditions - UAE Yearbook
Cultural identity
Traditional music/dance
Boating
Fishing
The Camel
Shellfish
Plants
Falconry
Hunting
Pearling
Pearls and pearling
Cultural indentity
Music and dance
Falconry
The horse in society

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