The Sultanate of Oman

Oman

A seafaring sultanate between desert and monsoon — Magan copper, frankincense roads, Ibadi stone towns, and a living table of shuwa, kahwa, and song.

Magan

Bronze Age copper on the Gulf

1507

Portuguese take Muscat harbor

Luban

Frankincense still harvested in Dhofar

1970

Renaissance opens modern Oman