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Around
the third millennium BC Oman appears in various documents as “Majan”
a land whose seafaring people carried another commodity precious at the
time: copper. Copper was in great demand in Sumerian cities, which
referred to Majan as “The Mountain of copper” From
Majan came various other commodities valued in Mesopotamia such as wood
and stone. Its shipwrights were specifically mentioned in Sumerian
inscriptions of 2050 BC This
isolation continued until the first millennium when archeological sites
excavated show that Oman came in contact with the Assyrian and Aryan
empires. The Aryan civilization is believed to have renewed trade with
Idea where Oman served as a link carrying wood, copper and spices. The
cost notable event that affected Oman in pre-Islamic was the collapse of
the dam of Ma’rib in Yemen. This prompted several tribes, the most
important of which was the Uzd, to migrate north to Oman. Mush of Oman
was under the occupation of the Persians, whom the Uzd fought to regain
control of the territory. |
