The Peace on The Horizon - 75 Years after The World War 2 in the Middle East (72)

 

(Japanese Version)

(Arabic Version)

 

(contents)

 

Chapter 3 The grace of Allah – Oil boom (9)

 

072 Saudi Arabia appeared on stage (1/4)

 

Saudi Arabia is the monarchy state of the Arabian Peninsula dominated by the Saud family. "Saudi Arabia" means "Arabia of the Saud family". Saudi Arabia was established in 1932 by Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, who was the head of the Saud family living in the desert ‘Sahar an-Nafud’ in the central part of the Arabian Peninsula.

 

In western part of the Arabian Peninsula, there were Islamic Holy City Makkah and Madinah alongside of Red Sea coast and in the eastern part of the Peninsula, small villages were scattered on the coast of Persian Gulf. Both west and east coasts were ruled by Ottoman Empire. But inland area was desert and inhabited only nomads Bedouin. Ottoman Empire had no interest such isolated inland area.

 

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Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)