A History of Modern Oman, Paperback

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A fully updated new edition of Ronald Hutton's classic work on the history of modern pagan witchcraft.Illustrations: Black and white images

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A fully updated new edition of Ronald Hutton's classic history of modern pagan witchcraft, published to mark the twentieth anniversary of this land...

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Publisher: SAGE Publications IncAuthor(s): David LuddenNumber of pages: 488Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 218 x 281 x 19Cover type: Paperback / ...

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This book presents a detailed overview of the firearms used in Oman over the last four centuries. Portable firearms, rifles and cannons are all dis...

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Omani men carried personal weapons until relatively recently. Swords and daggers were part of daily life attire and are still worn in social events...

Reports on excavations at the prehistoric site Ras Al-Hamra RH-5, located in the Qurum area of Muscat. The site dates from the late 5th to the end ...

This book, first published in 2007, offered the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. The original el...

This survey aimed to gain greater understanding of the past and present of Wadi Bani Kharus (Oman) through its tangible and intangible cultural her...

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Oman is a truly amazing place. In terms of avifauna it lies at the crossroads between Asian and African species--Arabian desert species to the nort...

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THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF BERTRAM THOMAS - who rose from an Assistant Political Officer in early 20th Century Iraq, to Minister for the Sultan of Musc...

This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story b...