The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam

The period from Alexander the Great to the coming of Islam, including full discussion of the history of Christianity in the area, comprises this second volume, in which Potts combines the literary evidence from Greek, Roman, Syrian and Arab sources with an overview of archaeology.
The Arabian Gulf has, since the early 1970s, been one of the most promising new 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 a comphrensive study of the area in two volumes. The period from Alexander the Great to the coming of Islam, including full discussion of the history of Christianty in the area, comprises this second volume, in which Potts combines the literary evidence from Greek, Roman, Syriac and Arabic sources with an overview of the relevant archaeological evidence.