Tomeki
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A land transformed

the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco

By William Facey

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Publish Date

2006

Publisher

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco),Aramco Services Co.

Language

eng

Pages

323

Description:

Includes information on before the oil era, architecture of ʻAsir 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.