Abstract
Qatar has rock carvings, inscriptions and fragments of pottery dating from 4000 BC. The early population was swelled by seasonal migration of Arab tribes and the peninsula became a centre for fishing and pearls. Commercial activity declined in the Roman era, when trade was concentrated in the Red Sea, but recovered in the 3rd century AD.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Further Reading
Central Statistical Organization. Annual Statistical Abstract.
El-Nawawy, Mohammed and Iskandar, Adel, Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East. 2002
National Statistical Office: Central Statistical Organization, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Doha.
Website: http://www.qsa.gov.qa
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2014 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Turner, B. (2014). Qatar. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-67278-3_303
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-67278-3_303
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-32324-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-67278-3
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)