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Encyclopaedia of the Orient - English
URL: http://lexicorient.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct-frame.pl?http://i-cias.com/e.o/oman_5.h

Oman: timeline.

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History of Oman - English
URL: http://lavender.fortunecity.com/scarface/386/fo03000.htm

Throughtout the ages Oman has received many visitors. In Roman times, Pliny the Elder was enhanced by the skill of the Omani craftsmen who worked in precious metals and wood to produce artifacts to charm Rome.

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History of Oman - English
URL: http://motherearthtravel.com/oman/history.htm

A one page history of Oman.

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Historical Information about Sultanate of Oman - English
URL: http://www.omanet.com/moi_hist.htm

The Coming of Islam and the Early Imamate. Portuguese Occupation. The Ya'aruba Dynasty. Civil War. The Al bu Said Dynasty. Sayyid Said bin Sultan.

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History of Oman - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/oman_history.html

Muscat and Oman (as the country was called before 1970) was converted to Islam in the seventh century A.D., during the lifetime of Muhammad. Ibadhism, a form of Islam tracing its roots to the Kharijite movement, became the dominant religious sect in Oman by the eighth century.

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