Culture of Eastern Arabia
There is a rich and ancient culture in Eastern Arabia. The culture in this region has always been oriented towards the sea.
Windcatchers, called bâdgir in local dialect, in Souq Waqif, Doha
A dhow, a common item depicting the culture of seafaring in Eastern Arabia. It is displayed in the coat of arms of Kuwait and Qatar.
A Majlis in the United Arab Emirates. Majlis forms the unit of social gathering in Arab culture.
A khanjar, a commonly worn dagger in Oman (c. 1924)
Eastern Arabia (Bahrain), is a region stretched from Basra to Khasab along the Persian Gulf coast and included parts of modern-day Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Eastern Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman. The entire coastal strip of Eastern Arabia was known as "Bahrain" for a millennium.
A dhow, a common item depicting the culture of seafaring in Eastern Arabia. It is displayed in the coat of arms of Kuwait and Qatar.
Gerrha and its neighbors in 1 AD.
Asia in 600 CE, showing the Sassanid Empire before the Arab conquest
Phoenicians men their ships in service to Assyrian king Sennacherib, during his war against the Chaldeans in the Persian Gulf, c. 700 BC