Nizwi cultural role: from the Bronze age to the Islamic era

Abstract EN

The Omani Peninsula has many sites and cultural centers, and these centers have played important roles throughout history, whether that has been done synchronically or diachronically, so the civilization roles were inherited one after another.

These cultural centers, were varied in terms of location.

Some of them were originated on the coast of the Arabian Gulf, and some of them originated on the coast of the Omani Gulf, not only that, but many of them were originated in internal locations of the Omani Peninsula as well, like some areas that were near the mountains valley, and others that were in oasis.

Nizwi Cultural Center had a great position in the Omani Peninsula; it could be inferred through the numerous writings and historical studies that dealt with its various aspects in terms of its origin, political and religious role, its most prominent personalities throughout the history, and the population’s economic, cultural and social activities.

Nizwa is located in the interior region of Oman, at the foot of the Green Mountain.

Some researchers in the history and civilization of the region believe that the "Jopin" that King "Judea" referred to in his documents, is the area of the Green Mountain, and "Nizwa" region constitutes one of its centers of civilization.

It had a great role in the Omani history starting from the stone ages till the Islamic era, that fact which this research tries to cover.