Assyrian - Babylonian Literature about UAE territory: Meluhha This video highlights chapter 6 of the leading article "Meluhha, Gerrha, and the UAE -- The Search for National Identity of a Young Nation" as per below. The chapter deals with the identification of the Assyrian -- Babylonian toponymics Tilmun (Bahrain), Magan (Qatar), and Meluhha (Emirates). Incorporating Meluhha and the Assyrian -- Babylonian references to it in their National Emirati History, today's Emiratis can achieve a more accurate and complete perception of their national identity and cultural heritage; that is why the present subject is vital for course of History offered in the Primary and Secondary Education at the UAE whereby the Ancient History of the UAE is gravely underestimated and disregarded. Meluhha, Gerrha, and the UAE -- The Search for National Identity of a Young Nation. A Predestination, and A Millennia Long Path of Global Trade and Wealth By Prof. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis The establishment of a nation's historical overview by the indigenous people and not foreign, colonial academia sets the real beginning of the national independence and self-determination. Fully incorporating past moments, cultural identity, and the land's historicity into a system of historical education able to offer a historical perspective of self-perceived identity, based on scientifically approved and historically correct data, a young nation creates the only solid national foundation for future generations. Main Chapters I. National History, National Identity and Colonialism II. Orientalism and Hellenism III. UAE Historical Heritage Threatened by Academic Colonialism IV. Neighboring Nations & Cultures -- Key Components of UAE National History V. National History of the Emirates - Diachronic Trends VI. Assyrian - Babylonian Literature about UAE territory: Meluhha VII. Assyrian -- Babylonian 'Meluhha': UAE territory, not Indus Valley VIII. Assyrian -- Babylonian Texts about Meluhha -- Emirates IX. Meluhha -- Emirates, and the Late Use of 'Meluhha' in Assyrian Imperial Annals X. The Aramaean Foundations of UAE History: the Rise of Gerrha (539 BCE -- 642 CE) XI. Gerrha, Achaemenid Iran, and the Interconnectedness between Africa and Asia XII. Gerrha's Prominence in Antiquity - Harbinger of the Present UAE Rise XIII. Gerrha and Alexander the Great XIV. Why Gerrha Cannot Be Located in Al Ehsa Province of Saudi Arabia XV. Macedonian Naval Expeditions around the Peninsula, and Gerrha XVI. Arsacid Parthian Iran, Seleucid Syria, Ptolemaic Egypt, and Gerrha XVII. Agatharchides on Gerrha and the Sabaean (Sheba) Yemenites XVIII. The Romans in Egypt, the Roman Naval Expedition in Yemen, and Gerrha XIX. Strabo's Textual References to Gerrha XX. Gerrha and the Anonymous Author of the Text 'Periplus of the Red Sea' XXI. Pliny the Elder and Gerrha XXII. Ptolemy the Geographer - his Description of Yemen, Oman, and the Emirates XXIII. Sharjah (Sarkoe) aand Umm Quwain (Kawana) Mentioned by Ptolemy the Geographer XXIV. The Correct Location Gerrha in UAE, and Ptolemy the Geographer XXV. Western UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Al Ehsa as per Ptolemy the Geographer XXVI. UAE Islands Mentioned by Ptolemy the Geographer XXVII. The Rise of the Sassanid Empire of Iran, and the End of Gerrha The integral text of the article can be read here: http://megalommatis.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/meluhha-gerrha-and-the-uae-the-search-for-national-identity-of-a-young-nation-part-i/ http://megalommatis.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/meluhha-gerrha-and-the-uae-the-search-for-national-identity-of-a-young-nation-part-ii/ http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/Meluhha--Gerrha--and-the-UAE---The-Search-for-National-Identity-of-a-Young-Nation--Part-I/243012 http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/meluhha-gerrha-and-the-uae-the-search-for-national-identity-of-a-young-nation-part-i-5820987.html http://www.politicalarticles.net/blog/2012/04/12/meluhha-gerrha-and-the-uae-the-search-for-national-identity-of-a-young-nation-part-i/#.T4_S5NUZTuY http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/4387554?articleid=4387554 http://goarticles.com/author/Megalommatis/449678/ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/275089

• published: 24 Apr 2012
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