The book offered to the reader's attention is the complete history of Qatar from ancient times to the present day. Having opened it, the reader will make a fascinating journey into the gray past of Qatar, during the reign in its lands of the civilizations that have gone into the legends and traditions of the Arabs of Arabia "Ubaid and Dilmun, as well as such eminent peoples of the Ancient World as the Sumerians and Assyrians, Phoenicians and Kassites, Persians and Greeks, Harakens and Parthians. He learns many interesting facts about the arrival of Christianity and Islam on the Qatar peninsula, about the conquering sea voyages to the destinies of the Arabs in Upper Arabia of the rulers of Oman, as well as the legendary island Kingdom of Hormuz, the once largest center of maritime trade in the East, and the Portuguese conquistadors.