arabian peninsula

     

The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa an Asia consisting mainly of desert. The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically important geopolitical role because of its vast reserves of oil and natural gas.

Trivia about arabian peninsula

  • Oman, Yemen & Kuwait lie on this large peninsula
  • North Yemen and South Yemen are both found on this Mideast peninsula
  • Following his conversion, Saint Paul spent a period of reflection on this peninsula
  • Bertram Thomas was the first European to cross the Rub Al-Khali, the "Empty Quarter" of this peninsula
  • The Arabian Sea lies between India on the east & this peninsula on the west
  • In the 1740s purist teacher Muhammad al-Wahhab allied himself with a ruler on this peninsula
  • The Red Sea was formed about 20 million years ago when this peninsula broke away from Africa
  • Qatar, Kuwait, & Yemen are all on this peninsula
  • In pre-Islamic times Qaynan was a protector god of blacksmiths on this peninsula

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