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Beyond Dubai: Seeking Lost Cities in the Emirates
Beyond Dubai Seeking Lost Cities in the Emirates Author:David Millar Dubai is the ultimate twenty-first century city, built from nothing but sand and ambition and famous for bling and daring excess. So it is ironic that mankind?s earliest settlements in the region most likely owe their origins to refugees fleeing the flooding of the Garden of Eden, now believed by many archaeologists to be the real-life drowning ... more »of the Arabian Gulf at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago. Beyond Dubai is a light-hearted journey around the Emirates in search of its surprisingly rich past including six lost cities of the ancient world?encountering uncooperative camels, an ancient mountain tribe, and Iranian cigarette smugglers along the way?and with frequent stops for coffee and dates. Many visitors to the Emirates are now venturing beyond Dubai and Abu Dhabi to discover its desert and history. This entertaining and informative book combines anecdotes about modern Dubai with the story of how the Emirates was once a crossroads in mankind?s journey ?out of Africa?, and how climate change transformed it from being a fertile grassland to the arid yet starkly beautiful desert that it is today.« less