The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of IslamThe Arabian Gulf has, since the early 1970's, been one of the most promising areas of research in ancient near eastern archaeology. Until now, however, there has been no attempt to synthesize the archaeology and history of this region from the beginnings of human settlement to the rise of Islam. Drawing on a wide array of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources, Dr. Potts presents here for the first time a comprehensive study of the area in