Dubai, a world business hub, is one of the seven emirates that
constitute the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf The
United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a union of seven Sovereign
Sheikhdoms (emirates) – six of which, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah,
Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain and Ajman – formed the present
federation in 1971 when the British withdrew from the Gulf as
part of the ‘East of Suez’ policy. Ras Al Khaimah joined a year
later. Although little is known about the ancient history of
this area, archaeological finds suggest that humans have been
living here since at least 3000 BC. Other evidence links the
peoples of what are now the UAE and Oman to the mysterious
Bronze Age Magan civilization. Magan ships sailed to Babylonia,
Mesopotamia and beyond, trading copper from Oman and pearls from
the mouth of Dubai Creek with the heavyweights of the Bronze Age
economy. The Magan civilization waned around 2000 BC, but
Dubai’s instinct for trade remained. Excavations at Jumeira,
about 10km south of Dubai, recently uneart