Relazione Parigi 2006 UNESCO Maurizio Tosi - Oman at the Dawn of History

1. Journées Culturelles Omanaises
dans le cadre du programme
La proclamation de Mascate,
capitale culturelle du Monde Arabe en 2006
Maison de l’UNESCO
Fontenoy Salle IV- Paris
6 au 9 juin 2006
OMAN AT THE DAWN OF
HISTORY
CROSSROAD OF CIVILIZATIONS AND
INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGES
by
Maurizio Tosi
University of Bologna

2. THE HARNESSING OF WINDS MADE
POSSIBLE THE EARLY ARABIAN
CONQUEST OF THE
OCEAN

3. CENTRALITY ON THE SEA ROUTES BETWEEN THE NEAR EAST AND INDIA

6. Ras al-Hadd

8. Around 2300 BCE,
Sargon of Agade
mentions the boats of
three countries of the
Lower Sea who
moored at his capital
Dilmun
Magan
Meluhha

9. Dilmun
Magan
Meluhha

13. COPPER BUN
INGOT
SUSA

15. 71

16. HAMA
UMM
AN-NAR
BAHRAIN
LOTHAL

19. Sur
Ra’s al-Hadd
Ra’s
al-Jinz

20. RAS AL-JINZ
EASTERMOST POINT OF THE ARAB WORLD AND THE MIDDLE EAST

25. Impressions of Reeds and
Ropes
Impressions of Mats

32. CLOSELY
PACKED
ECOLOGICAL
ZONATIONS
AT
TIWI
WADI SHAB
GAS-1
PREHISTORIC
SITE

33. OCEAN -----------------------CROSSSECTION-----------------DESERT

34. Location Map
of the Jaalan
region with
position of
KHB-1

35. ECOLOGICAL ZONATIONS IN JAALAN
KHABBA-1
PREHISTORIC SITE

36. Ra’s al-Khabba KHB-1

38. HUT 5
HUT 4
HUT 2
HUT 3
HUT 6
HUT 1

39. Dhofar (Oman)

42. Hili 8

44. Jabal Haqlah (Buraimi) : 914 cairns

45. BAAT: A MEDIUM-SIZED BRONZE AGE TOWN OF MAGA
IN THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
> 500

47. Wadi Hilm (Qalhat)