scholarly journals Insularity and Religious Life: The Case of Hellenistic Ikaros/Failaka Island

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1002
Author(s):  
Dorothea Stavrou
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Hellenistic Period ◽  
Sacred Landscape ◽  
Hellenistic World ◽  
Religious Importance ◽  
A Chain ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Material Evidence ◽  
Remote Part

This paper explores the notion of insularity and religious life in the sacred landscape of Ikaros/Failaka with a particular focus on the Hellenistic period. The little island of Ikaros/Failaka in the Persian Gulf had a long pre-Hellenistic religious history and was occupied by Alexander, explored by his officials and became part of the Seleucid kingdom. From the mid-20th century, archaeological missions working on the nesiotic space of the Persian Gulf have revealed material evidence that has altered our view of this remote part of the Hellenistic world. Research revealed a flourishing network of cultural communication and contacts between the indigenous population of the East and Greco-Macedonians. These interactions mirror the landscape of the Hellenistic East. Thus Ikaros/Failaka, an island on the periphery of the Seleucid kingdom, situated at a strategic point (near the mouth of the River Euphrates and close to the shores of the Persian Gulf) appears to be part of a chain of locations that possessed political/military, economic, and religious importance for the Seleucids. It became a fruitful landscape, where the Seleucids pursued their political and religious agenda.

The Pearl Fishing in the Persian Gulf

1917 ◽  
Vol 83 (2146supp) ◽  
pp. 100-101
Author(s):  
Edwin E. Calverley
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Pearl Fishing ◽  
The Persian Gulf

SAUDI ARABIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 191-196
Author(s):  
K. V. TIMAKHOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Geographical Position ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Global Uncertainty ◽  
Further Development

The events that took place in the first half of 2020 once again demonstrated how countries in the modern globalizing world are interdependent and interconnected: what is happening in one part of the planet inevitably affects other states, regardless of their geographical position. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is no exception. The crisis that arose because of the outbreak of the coronavirus infection hit the country’s infant economic system, disrupting the government’s ambitious plans to modernize and transform the kingdom. In this connection, it is of great scientific interest to study changes in the internal political course of the monarchy of the Persian Gulf, consider and analyze feasible scenarios for the further development of the country.

Particulate Exposure During the Persian Gulf War

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Thomas ◽  
Torgny Vigerstad ◽  
John Meagher ◽  
Chad McMullin
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Particulate Exposure ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Reign of Arrows

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaus Leo Overtoom
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
World State ◽  
State Security ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Hellenistic World ◽  
Material Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Study

From minor nomadic tribe to major world empire, the story of the Parthians’ success in the ancient world is nothing short of remarkable. In their early history, the Parthians benefited from strong leadership, a flexible and accommodating cultural identity, and innovative military characteristics that allowed them to compete against and indeed eventually overcome Greek, Persian, Central Asian, and eventually Roman rivals who were often more powerful. Reign of Arrows provides the first comprehensive study dedicated entirely to early Parthian history within the Hellenistic world prior to contact with Rome and the first comprehensive effort since 1938 to evaluate early Parthian political history. It is a major effort to synthesize a wide array of especially recent scholarship across numerous fields of study in order to present the reader with the most cogent, well-rounded, and up-to-date account of the intersections of Hellenistic and Parthian history possible. It draws on a wide variety of sources to explain the political and military encounters that shaped the international environment of the Hellenistic Middle East from the middle third to the early first centuries BCE. This study treats broader issues of international relations in the ancient world, state decision-making, royal identity and ideology, evolving spatial perspectives and power relations, and state security concerns. It combines traditional historical approaches, such as source criticism and the integration of material evidence, with the incorporation of modern international relations theory to better examine the rise of the Parthians to dominance over the ancient Middle East.

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