A New Study on Ancient Majan Civilisation

In Chapter Three, the author focuses on the Omani cultural innovation during the prehistoric times. She classifies her discussion into three basic themes: the first topic deals with the economic conditions of the stone-age people, as there had been a consumptive economy that depended largely on hunting and fishing. Only during the Neolithic age that the economy became productive when agricultural oases came to life, signifying the beginning of human knowledge of agriculture and animal husbandry. It is during that era that the Omani man practised trading, most notably in pottery, which contributed largely to the exchange and sharing of ideas and cultures. In the early copper or bronze age, the economy included mining, fishing, agriculture, manufacturing of pottery, stones and stamps,

Umm al Nar Civilisation

Chapter four is centred on the ancient civilisation of Majan (the early Bronze Age 2500-1800 BC), the period having the richest in terms of inscriptions and monuments. It falls in three sections: Section One addresses the Umm al Nar civilisation, Section Two sheds light on some models of settlements, while the last section examines traces of Majan in the writings of the kings of Mesopotamia.

Dr Al Jarru concludes her comments by introducing the last chapter of her study. She explains that it covers the cultural aspects of the early period of Majan Civilisation, including the then political conditions, social life and architecture, economic development, and copper mining which helped the emerging civilisation of oases to grow and flourish. People of