"Bahrain (Modern World Nations)" by Carol Ann Gillespie
Chelsea House Publications | English | May 2002 | ISBN: 0791067793 | PDF | 9,7 MB
Chelsea House Publications | English | May 2002 | ISBN: 0791067793 | PDF | 9,7 MB
Often called “the Pearl of the Persian Gulf,” Bahrain is actually a group of islands connected by causeways. Before the beginning of the petroleum industry, the region’s economy was fueled in part by an abundance of pearls gathered by divers from the surrounding seabed.