Middle Eastern Studies

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The rise of the Sikh community from relative obscurity to political imperial prominence is a fascinating yet often overlooked story in the West, with lessons for contemporary geopolitical debates.

For over 4000 years, the Gulf—sometimes called the Persian Gulf—has been a global crossroads while managing to avoid control by the world’s greatest empires. Allen Fromherz explains why.