168 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Until the 1970s Oman was an isolated, almost medieval kingdom, virtually unknown to the outside world. The 1970 palace coup that brought Sultan Qaboos b. Sa’id Al-Sa’id to power also brought Oman into the twentieth century. Development programmes made modernization a rapid process, and Oman’s location at the entrance to the Straits of Hormuz gave the country an increasing importance to US... Read more
1. Land and People 2. Ancient and Medieval History 3. Oman’s Imperial Age 4. Imamate and Sultanate 5. Challenges to Unity 6. Political Development 7. Economic and Social Development 8. Oman and the World 9. Oman to 2000
Biography
Calvin H. Allen Jr
