IV' THE ARABIAN PERIMETER

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IV. THE ARABIAN PERIMETER
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IV. THE ARABIAN PERIMETER

• Small Arab states along the southern and
• eastern perimeter of the Arabian Peninsula

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IV. THE ARABIAN PERIMETER

• Most have a strip of coastline, one or two port
• cities, and undeveloped countryside

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IV. THE ARABIAN PERIMETER

• A. Kuwait

The flag of Kuwait was officially adopted on
September 7, 1961. The traditional Pan-Arab
colors are used on the flag. Black symbolizes
defeat of the country's enemies green symbolizes
the fertility of the land red is symbolic of the
enemies bloodshed, and white represents purity.
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A. Kuwait

• Kuwait is on the northern Persian Gulf between
• Iraq and Saudi Arabia

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A. Kuwait

• Kuwait is oil-rich with large deposits of oil and
• natural gas

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A. Kuwait

• Kuwait was invaded by Iraq on 2 August 1990

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A. Kuwait

• A coalition force from 34 nations expelled Iraq
• from Kuwait in February 1991

Kuwait oil well fires after the Gulf War (1991)
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A. Kuwait

• Kuwait has one of the highest per capita
• incomes in the world (60,800 in 2008)

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B. Gulf States
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B. Gulf States

• The Gulf States are located between Saudi
• Arabia and Oman

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B. Gulf States

• The Gulf States are Qatar, and Bahrain, and
• the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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B. Gulf States

• Most of the land is desert with a few oases

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B. Gulf States

• Before oil was found, traditional occupations
• were pearl diving, fishing, and trading

Pearl Divers
Pearl Monument Bahrain
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B. Gulf States

• Now all are oil rich and have had rapid
• economic development

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B. Gulf States

• The UAE and Bahrain are very Westernized
• and popular tourist destinations

Artificial Palm Island, Dubai, UAE
Indoor Ski Resort, Dubai, UAE
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C. Oman
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C. Oman

• Oman, a sultanate, had been isolated from the
• modern world

Sultan Said bin Taimur wanted no change of any
sort in Oman and did all that he could to isolate
his country from the world. All visas were issued
personally by him. He forbade travel to the
interior by coastal residents and vice versa.
Believing education was a threat to his power, he
opposed it. In general, Omanis were not allowed
to leave the country and those who did were
seldom allowed to return.
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C. Oman
The current Sultan took power in 1970 and is
bringing Oman into the modern world
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C. Oman

• The government is using income from oil
• deposits to improve living conditions

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D. Yemen
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D. Yemen

• Until 1990, Yemen was divided into two
• separate countries
• - Yemen Arab Republic
• - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

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D. Yemen

• Traditional agriculture, raising sheep and
• goats, and smallvillage life are typical

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D. Yemen

• Coffee is Yemens most famous crop

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D. Yemen

• The principal cities are Sanaa, the capital
• and the port city of Aden

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D. Yemen

• Yemen has one of the worlds lowest per
• capita incomes

GDP - per capita 800 (2003 est.)
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D. Yemen

• Nearly 50 of the people are illiterate

definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 50.2 male 70.5 female
30 (2003 est.)
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D. Yemen

• Oil discovered in the late 1980s is helping
• Yemen become financially independent

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D. Yemen

• Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea
• and the Gulf of Aden, is one of world's most
• active shipping lanes