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	History of Saudi Arabia
		The location and status of Saudi Arabia's boundary with the United Arab Emirates is not final; a defacto boundary reflects a 1974 agreement.
		The border between Saudi Arabia and Qatar was resolved in March 2001.
		Saudi Arabia supported neutral shipping in the Gulf during periods of the Iran-Iraq war and aided Iraq's war-strained economy.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/saudiarabia.html (948 words)

	The History of Saudi Arabia
		On September 23, 1932, the country was named the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an Islamic state with Arabic as its national language and the Holy Qur’an as its constitution.
		One of King Fahd’s greatest accomplishments in Saudi Arabia was a series of projects to expand the Kingdom’s facilities to accommodate the millions of pilgrims who come to the country each year.
		Under his rule, Saudi Arabia provided emergency humanitarian assistance to numerous countries, including Somalia, Bosnia and Afghanistan, as well as countries suffering from natural disasters, such as earthquakes (Turkey in 1999, Iran in 2003) and the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia in December 2004.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Country/History.asp (2797 words)

	PBS - frontline: saudi time bomb?: interviews: ali al-ahmed
		A Shi'a Muslim who grew up in Saudi Arabia, he is the executive director of the Saudi Institute, an independent human rights watchdog group based in McLean, Va. In this interview, he describes the conservative religious education all children in Saudi Arabia receive, which is dictated by the conservative Wahhabi religious clerics.
		Saudi Arabia private and public schools, their curriculum is prescribed by the government.
		The Saudi government has systematically financed the propagation of Salafi Islam, by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on three out of seven universities in Saudi Arabia [that] are religious universities.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/interviews/ahmed.html (3594 words)

	Saudi Arabia at AllExperts
		It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west.
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of the first king, Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		Saudi Arabia is a destination for men and women from South and East Asia, East Africa and the Middle East seeking work.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sa/saudi_arabia.htm (3449 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		The history of modern Saudi Arabia begins with Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, known in the West as Ibn Saud.
		Saudi Arabia's terrain is varied but on the whole fairly barren and harsh, with salt flats, gravel plains, and sand dunes but few lakes or permanent streams.
		To Saudi Arabia, the holy cities of Makkah, the birthplace of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, and Madinah, the Prophet's burial place, are a sacred trust exercised on behalf of all Muslims.
	www.arabiancareers.com /saudi.html (952 words)

	Saudi Arabia: History
		It is believed that Arabia is the homeland of the Semites, to which many peoples of the Middle East belong, with Arabs and Hebrews as the most known.
		The eastern parts of Arabia was dominated by Dilmun, covering parts of the mainland and the island of Bahrain.
		Saudi Arabia allowed hundreds of thousands of foreign troops (mainly US) to be stationed on their own soil.
	i-cias.com /e.o/saudi_5.htm (1120 words)

	Saudi Arabia: History — Infoplease.com
		According to the agreement, the Egyptian army was to withdraw from Yemen and Saudi Arabia was to cease aiding the Yemeni royalists.
		Saudi leaders opposed both the leftist and radical movements that were growing throughout the Arab world, and in the 1970s sent troops to help quell leftist revolutions in Yemen and Oman.
		Saudi religious interests were threatened by the fall of Iran's shah in 1979 and by the growth of Islamic fundamentalism.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0860941.html (1569 words)

	Saudi Arabia: History — FactMonster.com
		According to the agreement, the Egyptian army was to withdraw from Yemen and Saudi Arabia was to cease aiding the Yemeni royalists.
		Saudi leaders opposed both the leftist and radical movements that were growing throughout the Arab world, and in the 1970s sent troops to help quell leftist revolutions in Yemen and Oman.
		Saudi religious interests were threatened by the fall of Iran's shah in 1979 and by the growth of Islamic fundamentalism.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0860941.html (1469 words)

	History of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia history, Allo' Expat Saudi Arabia
		The history of modern Saudi Arabia begins in the year 1902 when Abdul Aziz Al-Sa'ud and a band of his followers captured the city of Riyadh, returning it to the control of his family.
		On the 23rd of September 1932, the lands under the control of Abdul Aziz were renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in 1936 a treaty was signed with Yemen marking the southern borders of the Kingdom.
		King Khalid was the fourth King of Saudi Arabia, reigning from 1975 to 1982.
	www.saudiarabia.alloexpat.com /saudi_arabia_information/history_of_saudi_arabia.php (2364 words)

	Excite UK - Travel - Middle East - Saudi Arabia - History and Government
		Arabia was absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman Empire during the 16th century, after the capture of Mecca by the Turks in 1517, but subsequent local rulers were allowed a great deal of autonomy.
		Iran was perceived to pose a threat to Saudi Arabia for a number of reasons: the Shia branch of Islam followed by the Iranian mullahs is fundamentally opposed to the Sunni Wahhabi interpretation which prevails in Saudi Arabia; moreover, Iran is an important strategic force in the Gulf in its own right.
		Abdullah belongs to the generation of leaders who have governed Saudi Arabia since the death of Abdul Aziz, all of whom are now in their 70s: there is no clear line of succession and there may be a debilitating power struggle among the 6000 male descendants who now make up the House of Saud.
	travel.excite.co.uk /travel/guides/middle_east/saudi_arabia/HistoryGovernment (1254 words)

	Saudi Arabia facts, Saudi Arabia travel videos, flags, photos - National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula and is the largest country in area in the Middle East—but 95 percent of the land is desert.
		Saudi Arabia is keeper of Islam's most sacred cities: Mecca, where the Prophet Muhammad received the word of Allah, and Medina, where Muhammad died in A.D. Industry: crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, cement.
		Travel to Saudi Arabia, where the nighttime is for flirting and the daytime is for praying.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_saudiarabia.html (474 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - History of Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The location and status of Saudi Arabia's boundary with the United Arab Emirates is not final; a de facto boundary reflects a 1974 agreement.
		The border between Saudi Arabia and Qatar was resolved in March 2001.
		Saudi forces did not participate in the Six-Day (Arab-Israeli) War of June 1967, but the government later provided annual subsidies to Egypt, Jordan, and Syria to support their economies.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryHistory.asp?CountryID=169&RegionID=3 (998 words)

	SAUDI ARABIA
		It borders Jordan on the north, Iraq on the north and north-east, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the south and south-east, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its north-east and the Red Sea to its west.
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of the first king, Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		Saudi Arabia claims to be in possession of 260.1 billion barrels of oil reserves as of 2003, about 24% of the world's proven total petroleum reserves.
	www.speedace.info /saudi_arabia.htm (2967 words)

	AllRefer.com - Saudi Arabia - Brief History of Saudi Arabia \| Saudi Arabian Information Resource
		Aramco adopted the long-range policy of training Saudis to take over as many tasks as possible, although major management positions (culled from the ranks of the parent companies) were not intended to be relinquished, until Aramco could not resist government pressure to do so in the 1970s and 1980s.
		Saudis, for example, were trained as doctors, supply experts, machinists, ship pilots, truck drivers, oil drillers, and cooks.
		By the 1990s, Saudi Aramco had responsibility for all domestic exploration and development--its mandate was expanded to include all Saudi Arabia--engaging in downstream joint ventures overseas, purchasing on-land storage facilities closer to key consuming markets for its crude oil, and expanding its tanker subsidiary, Vela Marine International.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia57.html (2338 words)

	A History of Saudi Arabia - Cambridge University Press
		Saudi Arabia is a wealthy and powerful country which wields influence in the West and across the Islamic world.
		In 1932 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was born.
		She fuses chronology with analysis, personal experience with oral histories, and draws on local and foreign documents to illuminate the social and cultural life of the Saudis.
	www.cambridge.org /aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521644127 (481 words)

	Saudi Arabia Crime and Punishment - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		The incidence of crime was considered to be relatively low in Saudi Arabia, and violent street crime was particularly unusual.
		An increase noted in the level of petty crime in 1989 was linked to unemployment among Saudis and Yemeni residents of the kingdom.
		Saudi officials claimed that the kingdom had the lowest rate of drug addiction in the world, which they attributed to the harsh punishments and the pious convictions of ordinary Saudis.
	www.photius.com /countries/saudi_arabia/national_security/saudi_arabia_national_security_crime_and_punishment.html (780 words)

	MidEast Web - Brief History of Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam, the location of Mecca and and Medina, the two holiest cities of Islam, and the focus of the annual Islamic Haj, the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
		Saudi Arabia also has the world's largest developed reserve pumping capacity for oil, which allows it to control prices by adjusting the supply with relative ease, and to meet world shortages by increasing capacity.
		Saudi Arabia is a monarchy governed under strict Islamic laws of the Wahhabi sect, which regulate public behavior, especially for women and foreigners.
	www.mideastweb.org /arabiahistory.htm (3851 words)

	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
		Basis of modern state of Saudi Arabia established in 1902 when ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Sa’ud and his followers gained control of Riyadh, signalling beginning of third period of Saudi-Wahhabi dominance in region.
		Saudi Arabia was never directly colonised although parts of the present-day state had come under nominal or intermittent Ottoman control since the 16
		The basis of the Wahhabi state of Saudi Arabia was established in 1902 when ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Sa’ud and his followers gained control of Riyadh, signalling the beginning of the third period of Saudi-Wahhabi dominance in the region.
	www.law.emory.edu /ifl/legal/saudiarabia.htm (1222 words)

	Saudi Arabia History - TravelPuppy.com
		Arabia was absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman Empire during the 16th century, after the capture of Mecca by the Turks in 1517, but consequent local rulers were allowed a great deal of autonomy.
		Iran was perceived to pose a threat to Saudi Arabia for several reasons, the Shia branch of Islam followed by the Iranian mullahs is fundamentally opposed to the Sunni Wahhabi interpretation which prevails in Saudi Arabia, moreover, Iran is an important strategic force in the Gulf in its own right.
		Abdullah belongs to the generation of leaders who have governed Saudi Arabia since the death of Abdul Aziz, all of whom are now in their 70's, there is no clear line of succession and there may be a devastating power struggle among the 6,000 male descendants who now make up the House of Saud.
	travelpuppy.com /saudi-arabia/history.htm (1206 words)

	history of saudi arabia - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
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		The contribution of Saudi scholars of...in modern Saudi Arabia is exclusively...descendants of Abd al-Rahman...them by common history and marriage...
		Saudi Arabias modern history began when...walled city of Riyadh from...particularly in Saudi Arabia, because government...three-decade history of international...the early history of the kingdom...services in Saudi Arabia are limited...
	www.questia.com /search/history-of-saudi-arabia (1796 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series/ Saudi Arabia / Bibliography
		The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Saud.
		The Birth of Saudi Arabia: Britain and the Rise of the House of Sa'ud.
		Shamekh, Ahmed A. "Spatial Patterns of Bedouin Settlement in Al- Qasim Region of Saudi Arabia." (Ph.D. dissertation.) Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1975.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/saudi_arabia/sa_bibl.html (3812 words)

	The History Guy: Saudi-Yemen Border Conflict (1998)
		However, it is also known that the monarchist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is rather uncomfortable with Yemen's experiment with democracy (Yemen is the only nation on the Arabian Peninsula with a democratic style government).
		Allegations have been made that Saudi Arabia is attempting to sabotage this democratic regime through military intimidation as well as aiding internal strife within Yemen.
		Saudi Arabia alleges that on May 1, 1998, Yemeni troops occupied a disputed island in the Red Sea and fired upon Saudi border guards.
	www.historyguy.com /Saudi_Yemen_Conflict.html (379 words)

	Alcohol and Drugs History Society: Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia, which applies a strict interpretation of Islamic law, bans alcohol.
		The Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Ankara, El Husseini broke with the Islamic laws of his country and served his guests alcoholic beverages.
		Saudi Arabia's Asharq Alawsat News reports (16 Sept 2005) that recent reports in the local media giving details of raids on illegal wine factories across the kingdom have caused controversy and shocked conservative Saudi society where alcohol is banned.
	historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com /alcohol_and_drugs_history/saudi_arabia/index.html (640 words)

	HISTORY OF SAUDI ARABIA
		The Kindom of Saudi Arabia enjoys a long and rich history that traces its roots back to the earliest civilization of the Arabian Peninsula.
		The Saudi Arabian state was first established in the central region of the Arabian Peninsula in the early 18th Century.
		On September 23, 1932, the country was named the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as an Islamic state, with Arabic designated as the official language, and the Holy Qur'an as its constitution.
	www.angelfire.com /tn/BattlePride/Saudi2.html (394 words)

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