Sharjah excavations unearth objects dated as early as 8,000BC

The National (UAE) ^ | January 5, 2016 | Thaer Zriqat

[bert]

Having worked with Arabs, I have no doubt of her memory

it is those who’s knowledge is from reading biased sources that produce the erroneous dogma

[thackney]

I believe most of that area except for Bahrain was barren until the middle 20th century. I wonder what these cities are from?

You are mistaken.

They've unearthed artifacts in the United Arab Emirates dating back 100,000 years and implying that humans could have arrived on the Arabian Peninsula as early as 125,000 years ago

http://earthsky.org/human-world/new-timeline-for-first-early-human-exodus-out-of-africa

Umm an-Nar (Arabic for "Mother of fire") is the name given to a bronze age culture that existed from 2600-2000 BC in modern day United Arab Emirates and Northern Oman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_an-Nar_Culture

The Sasanian Empire controlled this area before Islam started. From the 17th to 19th century the British called it the Pirate Coast from all the raiders. 19th and early 20th century had a large pearl industry in the now UAE.

[JEDI4S]

Mr. Hoffa...is that you?

[BenLurkin]

10,000 years ago. Kind of the cutoff between the antediluvian world and the historical world.

[disndat]

there is so little of interest from the muzzie era.

Just coprolites and lots and lots of human bones...

[ManHunter]

I trained and worked with a lot of “Arabs” from different Middle Eastern countries and there is no monolithic view of the West, women, our customs or anything else on the part of all “Arabs”. Saudis, generally speaking, are as distinct from Kuwaitis as Chinese are from Japanese. (I would make an exception for the 10,000 plus people who consider themselves members of the House of Saud, which are, in my experience and without exception, “royal” pains in the ass.) To even intimate that all Arabs (or any other race) are likeable and loveable is, in itself, applying a stereotype and ignoring reality. Furthermore, suggesting that all FR members are rubes with a dogmatic opinion/view of Arabs (or anyone else) is simply stupid and not exactly imparting wisdom to we poor “wisdom challenged” Americans.

[KrisKrinkle]

Bronze ore?

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[Cronos]

Neolithic remains — so the Persian gulf as path of the pathway from Africa to Australia? Maybe when the gulf was a river or lake?

[Cronos]

you are right -- I was mistaken.

Thank you for the links, I did not know about the two links you shared

[Cronos]

My wife is Polish too :)

Have you learnt the language?

[Cronos]

There are Arabs and there are Arabs :)

I lived in Bahrain for most of my childhood and the people were nice. I've visited Dubai quite often and been to Lebanon and knew a few Syrian Christians when I lived in Brighton 12 years ago

The thing that united all these various "Arabs" was that they hated Saudis.....

[SunkenCiv]

Nah. And this is only 8000 years old.