ANCIENT ERA
Arabian (Persian) Gulf
© Intute, University of Manchester, UK
Arabian Peninsula
© NASA, Washington, DC
Assyrian Trading Colonies
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Austronesians
© Nature Publishing Group
Bactrian Camel
Displayed in National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaan Baatar
Ban Chiang
1. Public Domain
2. © Smithsonian Freer and Sackler Gallery of Art
Bananas
© The Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, Port Macquarie
Beehive Tombs and Circular Towers of Bat
1. Courtesy of Private Collection of David Bosch
2. © University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Bitumen
1. © Iran Bitumen
2. Courtesy of Carter and Crawford, the Kuwait –British Archaeological Expedition to as Sabatiyah
BMAC Stamp Seals
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Board Games
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Bronze
© University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Byblos
© Beirut National Museum, Beirut
Cast Copper Camel Figurine
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Code of Hammurabi
© Musèe du Louvre, Paris
Combs
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Copper
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Coptos
© Musèe des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
Cotton
Public domain
Cowrie Shells
©Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK
Dilmun
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Dromedary Camel
Public domain
The Earliest Boats: Wooden and Reed
1. © University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
2. ©Mary Anne Sullivan, Blufton University, Ohio
Earliest Recorded Naval Battle
© The Museum of the Frankincense Land
Eel Traps and Aquaculture Channels
1. Edgar R. Waite, Illustrated Catalogue of the Fishes of South Australia, G. Hassell & Son, Adelaide, 1921. Fig.72
2-3. Courtesy of Anna Salleh, ABC Science Online
The Epic of Gilgamesh
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Grain
Courtesy of the College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Hili
© Al Ain National Museum, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Irrigation
Courtesy of travellersinegypt.org
Lapita Ceramics
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Lothal
Courtesy of Frances Pritchett, Columbia University
Magan
Oman: A Seafaring Nation. Ministry of Information and Culture, The Sultanate of Oman: Muscat, p.17, 1979.
Magan Boat
© Maritime Hall of the Museum of the Land of Frankincense, Oman
Meluhha
© Musèe du Louvre, Paris
Monsoon Cycle
Courtesy of NASA
Nile River
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Obsidian
Courtesy of Volcano World, Oregon State University, Corvallis
The Persian Gulf
© Intute, University of Manchester, UK
Pottery
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Punt Reliefs
Courtesy of Ian Bolton
Punt
Courtesy of Images from World History project, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Red Sea
© NASA, Washington, DC
Rice
1. Courtesy of TravelQuest Limited, West Sussex, England
2. Courtesy of Sayal Group International (Pvt) Limited
The Royal Cemetery of Ur
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sargon of Akkad
1. © Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
2. © Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Semi-Precious Stones: Carnelian and Lapis Lazuli
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Silver
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Solar Calendar
Courtesy of EMuseum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Statue of Gudea
© Musèe du Louvre, Paris
Stem Cups
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Stone Carving of King Ur-Nanshe
© Musèe du Louvre, Paris
Stone Megaliths on the Pasemah Plateau, Sumatra
Public domain
Susa
© Musèe du Louvre, Paris
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Courtesy of Karl Musser, public domain
Ubaid Pottery
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Uruk
1. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Wheel
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Writing
1. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2. © Musèe du Louvre, Paris
X-Ray Rock Art
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Zebu Bull on Harappan Seal
© Harappa Archaeological Research Project, San Francisco