In the series of books "Arabia. History. Ethnography. Culture" tells about the many-sided past and amazing present of the "Island of Arabs," about the kingdoms and peoples of Ancient Arabia that have passed away in legend, about its rich treasury of myths and legends. The presented diary of the times and events of the Arabian Peninsula will acquaint the reader with the daring plans of the great conquerors of the Ancient World, the rulers of the Roman Empire and the rulers of Byzantium to conquer South Arabia, or the "Land of Incense," as it was also called; will tell about the sharp rivalry for the Persian Gulf basin and the influence in the sheikhs of the "pearl belt" of Arabia of the major naval powers-conquistadors of the past - Portugal and Holland, England France, as well as about activities in this region of Russia.