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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