Dubai history

When we go to different places, we would like to know more about history of that place. And this is not different about Dubai vacations, you would like to know a little bit about Dubai history.
On the banks of Dubai Creek found traces of Bronze Age settlements belonging to the 3 millennium BC, as well as a whole at the Emirates the first humans appeared, according to scientists 7 thousand years ago.

Ancient inhabitants engaged in hunting and fishing. Valuable export commodity for many centuries was copper. Some scholars tend to identify the area Emirates and Oman, with an enigmatic country Magan, rich in copper, which tell Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.

Mention of the land Magan suddenly stopped at the end of the 2 nd millennium BC Perhaps this is due to start to use iron instead of bronze for weapons. However, Magan is mentioned as a place with fertile lands, where transported to other countries, vegetables and cane. Therefore, it is possible that the mysterious disappearance of the name on the map due to climate change and the encroachment of the desert. After a long decline of a huge empire of Alexander the Great united the Mediterranean world and the East, gave new impetus to trade.

In 622, the local tribes voluntarily accepted Islam. But 10 years later, after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, some of them rebelled. Center for the rebels was Dibba, located on the east coast of the emirate of Fujairah. It happened last battle apostates and followers of the Prophet, after which the whole of Arabia was Muslim.

After the formation of 750, the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad, the importance of the Gulf ports again increased. With the weakening of central authority in Baghdad, local residents feel more desire for independence and therefore has 8-in. AD in the Gulf appear independent and semi-autonomous sheikhdoms and sultanates.

In 1498 the Portuguese had discovered the sea route to India, the appearance in local waters, the Europeans led to solknoveniyam with local sailors. Under the pretext of protection of seafarers has taken a punitive expedition, plundered and burned the major ports, naeslenie fled into the country.

In 1600, the British East India Company forced the Portuguese to withdraw from the Gulf.

In 1820, between the sheikhs and the British coast of the armistice was signed at the six-month period in the pearling season.

In 1853 a treaty was signed on a permanent peace on the sea between the rulers of the principalities located on the territory of the UAE.

The search for oil began in 1920. But found it was only in the late 50's.

In 1969, Britain announced a withdrawal from the shores of the Gulf, and soon the region's political map has acquired new - the present - shape.

United Arab Emirates consists of seven separate emirates: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman, Ras-sl-Khaimah, Umm Al-Kuveyn. United Arab Emirates, a land of ancient history, rich culture and traditional hospitality. Traditional Arab culture evolved over the centuries, but there are noticeable and the influence of European culture. This is due to the fact that the population engaged in mainly shipping. UAE exists as a unified state for about three decades (in 1971 the former British colony gained independence).