Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Nearchus, Torture in Bahrain, Seydi Ali Reis, United States Navy dog handler hazing scandal, Qarmatians, List of Bahranis, Al Bandar report, History of the Jews in Bahrain, Dilmun, Muharraq, Duarte Barbosa, Tylos, Yusuf al-Bahrani, 1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain, National Union Committee, Ab -T hir Al-Jann b, King of Bahrain, National Liberation Front - Bahrain, Jarwanid dynasty, Nasr Al-Madhkur, Forum for the Future, Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah, 1981 Bahraini coup d'etat attempt, Maitham Al Bahrani, Characene, Antonio Correia, March Intifada, Muqrin ibn Zamil, Charles Belgrave, Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, Salit bin 'Amr 'Ala bin Hadrami, Hyspaosines, Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain Independence Day, Abdullah al Samahiji, Mohamed bin Abdulrahman M. Hassan Fakhro, Central Business District, Manama, Salih Al-Karzakani, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, First Oil Well, Bahrain, Jabrids, Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam, Usfurids, Bab Al Bahrain, Awal, National Action Charter of Bahrain, Barbar Temple, Riffa Fort, Max Thornburg, Ali Abdulla Al-Ubaydli, Zayd ibn Suhan, Arad Fort, Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa, Sa'sa'a bin Sohan, Ab -Sa d Jann b, 1783 Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain. Excerpt: Bahrain is a island country in the Persian Gulf. Although Bahrain became an independent country in 1971, the history of these islands starts from ancient times. Bahrain's strategic location in the Persian Gulf has brought rule and influence from the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Portuguese, the Arabs, and the British. Bahrain has been proposed as the possible site of Dilmun, a land mentioned by Ancient Iraqi civilizations as a trade partner, source of raw material, copper, and entrepot of the Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilization trade route. However, the exact location of Dilmun is unclear, it might be associated with the...