3 Livelihoods and living on the coastal plains or sayh, and the sands

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgements XI
4. Contents XIII
5. 1 Social matters: social infrastructure, premises and practice 1
6. 2 Sea people, ahl al-bahr, and how they lived 45
7. 3 Livelihoods and living on the coastal plains or sayh, and the sands 99
8. 4 Ru'us al-Jibal mountains; livelihoods and living 137
9. 5 The western Hajar mountains; livelihoods and living 191
10. 6 Distribution, trade, investment, credit and debt 239
11. 7 Ruling and Rulers 298
12. 8 'What happened to turn our world upside down?' 376
13. 9 Back to History 466
14. Bibliography 559
15. Index 569
16. List of Figures 581
17. Plates 583