When you observe the sprawling desert city packed with gleaming high-rise towers that Dubai has become today, it is hard to imagine that this inspirational place started out as a tiny fishing village. While the discovery of oil in the 1960s was a turning point for the emirate’s development, Dubai does, in fact, have a rich history that actually began centuries before. Dubai's roots reach all the way back to the early Minoan period. The site where Dubai now lies used to be a vast mangrove swamp, and by 3000 BCE that swamp had dried up and become inhabitable. It is thought that Bronze Age nomadic cattle herders were the first to settle in the area and by 2500 BCE, they had established a thriving date palm plantation – the first time the site was successfully used for agriculture.
An Al Arish was a house with a wind tower made of burlap (a course cloth made of jute or hemp). In winter, the people tended to leave the houses and live in tents that were warmer
A Traditional Dhow Boat
Lost City of Dubai
Spice Market