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This dissertation examines the making of a complex Red Sea urban coastal society in Massawa (in present day Eritrea) in the second half of the nineteenth century. As a centuries-old port town Massawa's traditional role and raison d'être has been to mediate between multiple comme…

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the acculturation and differentiation at the site of al-Mina (one of the ports of Antioch) through its material culture (coins, pottery, and glass). The site was excavated in 1936 and 1937 by Sir Leonard Woolley, who did not retain …

The port city of al-Mukha dealt in a wide variety of commodities, but it gained its fame in the west as "Mocha," from the legacy of its most famous trade item, coffee. This dissertation explores architecture, urban form, and community life in this major Yemeni Red Sea port city,…