query: what geographic feature covers most of the arabian peninsula

pos: Arabian Peninsula the northern borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The most prominent feature of the peninsula is desert, but in the southwest there are mountain ranges, which receive greater rainfall than the rest of the Arabian Peninsula. Harrat ash Shaam is a large volcanic field that extends from the northwestern Arabian Peninsula into Jordan and southern Syria. The peninsula's constituent countries are (clockwise north to south) Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the east, Oman on the southeast, Yemen on the south and Saudi Arabia at the center. The island nation of Bahrain lies off the east

pos: Arabian leopard not available. The Arabian leopard has pelage hues that vary from pale yellow to deep golden, tawny or gray and are patterned with rosettes. At a weight of about and long for the male and around and long for the female, the Arabian leopard is much smaller than both African leopard and Persian leopard. The geographic range of the Arabian leopard is poorly understood but generally considered to be limited to the Arabian Peninsula, including Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. It lives in mountainous uplands and hilly steppes, but seldom moves to open plains, desert or coastal lowlands. Since the late 1990s,

pos: Tourism in the Arab world Arabian Peninsula is generally considered to be the northern borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The most prominent feature of the peninsula is desert, but in the southwest there are mountain ranges which receive greater rainfall than the rest of the Arabian Peninsula. The peninsula's constituent countries are (clockwise north to south) Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, Yemen on the south and Saudi Arabia at the center. The island nation of Bahrain lies off the east coast of the peninsula. Six countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab

pos: Geography of Iraq Euphrates River, is a part of the Syrian Desert and Arabian Desert, which covers sections of Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and most of the Arabian Peninsula. The region, sparsely inhabited by pastoral bedouins, consists of a wide stony plain interspersed with rare sandy stretches. A widely ramified pattern of wadis–watercourses that are dry most of the year–runs from the border to the Euphrates. Some wadis are over long and carry brief but torrential floods during the winter rains. Western and southern Iraq is a vast desert region covering some 64,900 square miles (168,000 square km), almost two-fifths of the

pos: Deathstalker . "Leiurus quinquestriatus" can be found in desert and scrubland habitats ranging from North Africa through to the Middle East. Its range covers a wide sweep of territory in the Sahara, Arabian Desert, Thar Desert, and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali in the west through to Egypt, Ethiopia, Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula, eastwards to Kazakhstan and western India in the northeast and southeast. Neurotoxins in "L. quinquestriatus" venom include: The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous species of scorpions. Its venom is a powerful mixture of neurotoxins, with a low lethal dose. While a sting from

pos: Rub' al Khali Rub' al Khali The Rub' al Khali desert (; , i.e., "the Empty Quarter") is the largest contiguous sand desert (erg) in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some (the area of long. 44°30′−56°30′E, and lat. 16°30′−23°00′N) including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert. The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, and 500 kilometres (310 mi) wide. Its surface elevation varies from in the southwest to around sea level in the northeast. The terrain is covered with

pos: Eryx jayakari of the head, which has a blunt snout and is wedge-shaped. This snake's colour is yellowish-grey or sandy-brown speckled with white flecks and transversely banded with dark marks. The Arabian sand boa is native to the Arabian peninsula. Its geographic range includes Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, and southern Iran, where a small number of specimens have been found in Khuzestan Province, Bushahr Province and Kerman Province. "Eryx jayakari" is a desert species of snake, living semi-underground in sand or soft soil. The Arabian sand boa is largely nocturnal and is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures. During the

pos: Mahra Sultanate is quite different from the rest of the Arabian Peninsula where the terrain is desert and barren. Al Mahra has a unique climate where the yearly monsoon gives the land lush valleys, greener forests, and plenty of water. The southeastern part of Al Mahra has the only natural forest in the Arabian Peninsula, which covers parts of Al Mahra and extends over to beyond the Omani border and ends in Dhofar. The coastal plains throughout Al Mahra are a dry and flat terrain, where the temperature can reach as high as and dip as low as during the night. The

pos: Tourism in the Arab world the country's only outlet to the sea. The city houses numerous resorts and hotels and is famous for its Red Sea coral reefs. Wadi Rum is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan; it is the largest wadi in Jordan. Popular activities in this desert valley environment include camping under the stars, riding Arab horses, hiking and rock-climbing among the massive rock formations. The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km (1,250,000 mi). The

pos: Tourism in the Arab world with many political upheavals over the past three decades. Tourists in the Comoros are mainly wealthy Americans and Europeans, while much of the investment in hotels has come from South Africa. The main tourist attractions in the Comoros are its beaches, underwater fishing, and mountain scenery. Mohéli is a picturesque tourist attraction. Grand Comore has an international airport and most of the Comoros' few hotels. The Levant is the cultural and geographic region east of the Mediterranean sea, south of the Anatolian Peninsula, west of the Iranian plateau, and north of the Arabian Desert. The region has many names like

pos: Geography of Oman Geography of Oman Oman is a country situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Oman is located in the southeastern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and covers a total land area of 309,500 square kilometers. The land area is composed of varying topographic features: valleys and desert account for 82 percent of the land mass; mountain ranges, 15 percent; and the coastal plain, 3 percent. The sultanate is flanked by the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) of Saudi

pos: Atlantis of the Sands red silver. It now lies beneath the sands of the Ramlat Shu’ait.” Thomas also wrote, "on my previous journeys I had heard from other Arabs of the name of this Atlantis of the Sands, but none could tell me of even an approximate location." Most tales of the lost city locate it somewhere in the Rub' al Khali desert, also known as the Empty Quarter. This covers most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including most of Saudi Arabia and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. St. John Philby (who preferred the name "Wabar") was

pos: Eastern Desert Eastern Desert The Eastern Desert is the part of the Sahara desert that is located east of the Nile river, between the river and the Red Sea. It extends from Egypt in the north to Eritrea in the south, and also comprises parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. The Eastern Desert is also known as the "Red Sea Hills" and the "Arabian Desert" because to the east it is bordered by the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula, respectively. The Eastern Desert's main geographic features are the western Red Sea coastline—with the "Red Sea Riviera"—and the Eastern Desert mountain range that

pos: Mount Henry Peninsula Mount Henry Peninsula Mount Henry Peninsula is a land feature and reserve located south of Perth, Western Australia, on the north bank of the Canning River near the Mount Henry Bridge in Salter Point, Western Australia. It covers , and includes both "Banksia attenuata" and "Banksia menziesii" woodland, and a muddy and desert biome. The peninsula features limestone slopes, shoreline vegetation, wetlands, and contains the most inland vegetated knoll of the Spearwood dunes on the Swan-Canning estuary, as well as a significant variety of natural conditions for birds and other fauna. The Mount Henry Peninisula is a designated Bush Forever

pos: Arabian Mau length and tapers slightly towards the tip. The coat is short and lies close to the body. It has no undercoat and is firm to touch. It may not be silky, but is noticeably very glossy. The desert cat has been a landrace native to the Arabian peninsula in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates for more than 1,000 years. Desert cats are well adapted to the hot, Middle Eastern environment. Generally Arabian Mau cats have very loving temperaments. The main feature of this cat breed is their devotion, love and affection for

pos: Afrotropical realm Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the southern and eastern fringes of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region. Most of the Afrotropic, with the exception of Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separate the Afrotropic from

pos: Arabian ostrich Arabian ostrich The Arabian ostrich or Syrian ostrich ("Struthio camelus syriacus") is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century. Its range seems to have been continuous in prehistoric times, but with the drying-up of the Arabian Peninsula, it disappeared from the inhospitable areas of the Arabian Desert, such as the Rub' al Khali. In historic times, the bird seems to have occurred in two discrete relict populations: a smaller one in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula and a larger one in the area where today

pos: Saurashtra (region) Saurashtra (region) Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District. Saurashtra peninsula is bound on the south and south-west by the Arabian sea, on the north-west by the Gulf of Kutch and on the east by the Gulf of Khambhat. From the apex of these two gulfs, the Little Rann of Kutch and Khambhat, waste tracts half salt morass half sandy desert, stretch inland towards each other and complete the isolation of

pos: Fauna in Qatar porpoise. Livestock include camels, sheep, and cattle. Insects and arthropods in the Arabian desert habitat include scorpions, spiders (including the large "Galeodes arabs"), ants, bees, wasps, moths, butterflies and beetles. Scarab beetles (Scarabaeoidea) are the most common type of beetle on the peninsula and consume dung and plant material. Reptiles include more than 100 lizard such as spiney-tailed agama, geckos, Egyptian uromastyx ("Uromastyx aegyptia"), cobras, and horned vipers. Protected areas of Qatar include: Fauna in Qatar Qatar is a peninsula on the Northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula bordering Saudi Arabia to the south and surrounded elsewhere by the Persian

pos: Fennec fox fox is the inspiration for Saint-Exupery's fox in "The Little Prince". A fennec is a commonly-occurring natural animal in "". Fennec fox The fennec fox or fennec ("Vulpes zerda") is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara of North Africa, the Sinai Peninsula, South West Israel (Arava desert) and the Arabian desert. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which also serve to dissipate heat. Its name comes from the Berber word ("fanak"), which means "fox", and the species name "zerda" comes from the Greek word "xeros" which means dry, referring to the fox's habitat. The fennec

pos: Arabian Peninsula coastal strip of the Persian Gulf. The Arabian Peninsula is located in the continent of Asia and bounded by (clockwise) the Persian Gulf on the northeast, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman on the east, the Arabian Sea on the southeast and south, the Gulf of Aden on the south, the Bab-el-Mandeb strait on the southwest and the Red Sea, which is located on the southwest and west. The northern portion of the peninsula merges with the Syrian Desert with no clear border line, although the northern boundary of the Arabian Peninsula is generally considered to be

pos: Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert The Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert on the southern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula is an ecoregion which experiences thick fogs where visibility may be reduced to . It is classed as an Afrotropic fog desert This ecosystem exists on a strip along the western and eastern coasts of Arabia. It follows the coast of Oman southward from Masirah Island and reaches inland to 120 km in the Jiddat al Harasisi plateau and the Dhofar mountains. From here it continues as a very narrow strip (only 5 km wide) along the coast of Yemen and

pos: Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert The Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert on the southern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula is an ecoregion which experiences thick fogs where visibility may be reduced to . It is classed as an Afrotropic fog desert This ecosystem exists on a strip along the western and eastern coasts of Arabia. It follows the coast of Oman southward from Masirah Island and reaches inland to 120 km in the Jiddat al Harasisi plateau and the Dhofar mountains. From here it continues as a very narrow strip (only 5 km wide) along the coast of Yemen and

pos: Fennec fox Fennec fox The fennec fox or fennec ("Vulpes zerda") is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara of North Africa, the Sinai Peninsula, South West Israel (Arava desert) and the Arabian desert. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which also serve to dissipate heat. Its name comes from the Berber word ("fanak"), which means "fox", and the species name "zerda" comes from the Greek word "xeros" which means dry, referring to the fox's habitat. The fennec is the smallest species of canid. Its coat, ears, and kidney functions have adapted to high-temperature, low-water, desert environments. Also,

pos: Geography of Oman Arabia, all of which contributed to Oman's isolation. Historically, the country's contacts with the rest of the world were by sea, which not only provided access to foreign lands but also linked the coastal towns of Oman. The Rub al Khali, difficult to cross even with modern desert transport, formed a barrier between the sultanate and the Arabian interior. The Al Hajar Mountains, which form a belt between the coast and the desert from the Musandam Peninsula (Ras Musandam) to the city of Sur at Oman's easternmost point, formed another barrier. These geographic barriers kept the interior of Oman free

neg: Plateau the Arabian Peninsula elevation 762 to 1,525 m (2,500 to 5,003 ft), Armenian Highlands (~, elevation ), Iranian plateau (~, elevation ), Anatolian Plateau, Mongolian Plateau (~, elevation ), and the Deccan Plateau (~, elevation ). Another very large plateau is the icy Antarctic Plateau, which is sometimes referred to as the Polar Plateau, home to the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which covers most of East Antarctica where there are no known mountains but rather high of superficial ice and which spreads very slowly toward the surrounding coastline through enormous glaciers. This polar ice cap

neg: Hijab to see out. The "niqab" is a term which is often incorrectly used interchangeably with burqa. It properly refers to a garment that covers a woman's upper body and face, except for her eyes. It is particularly associated with the style traditionally worn in the Arabian Peninsula, where the veil is attached by one side and covers the face only below the eyes, thereby allowing the eyes to be seen. Only a minority of Islamic scholars believe that covering the face is mandatory, and the use of niqab beyond its traditional geographic strongholds has been a subject of political controversy.

neg: Iejima Iejima , previously romanized in English as Ie Shima, is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. The island measures in circumference and covers . As of December 2012 the island had a population of 4,610. Most islanders live in Ie Village, which has a ferry connection with the town Motobu on Okinawa Island. Iejima is generally flat. The most notable geographic feature is a peak called Mount Gusuku (or "Tatchuu" in Kunigami) at a height of 172 meters. The mountain resembles a volcano but is actually an erosion artifact.

neg: Kosovo Campaign Medal to the blue pinstripe. The red, white, and blue were suggested by the NATO Alliance's colors, and the red, white, and blue pinstripes represent the colors of the United States flag. Combat Zones Q-1: What geographic areas are considered combat zones? A-1: Combat zones are designated by an Executive Order from the President as areas in which the U.S. Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat. There are currently three such combat zones (including the airspace above each): Arabian Peninsula Areas, beginning Jan. 17, 1991—the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, the part of the Arabian Sea

neg: Himyaritic language highland spoke Arabic dialects with strong Himyaritic influence. In the following centuries, Himyaritic was completely supplanted by Arabic, but the modern dialects in the highlands seem to show traces of the Himyaritic substrate. The most prominent known feature of Himyaritic is the definite article "am-"/"an-". It was shared, though, with some Arabic dialects in the west of the Arabian Peninsula. Furthermore, the suffixes of the perfect (suffix conjugation) in the first person singular and the second person began with "k-", while Arabic has "t-". This feature is also found in Old South Arabian, Ethiosemitic and Modern South Arabian. Both features

neg: Mixedwood Plains Ecozone (Canada) along a narrow strip of the Saint Lawrence River coast toward Quebec. It covers approximately 9% of the total surface of Canada and has a geographic area of 175,963 km². Most of the ecozone is underlain by Paleozoic rock, mostly limestone, covered with various deposits of glacial till including moraines, drumlins and old glacial lake bottoms. The eastern areas were flooded by the Champlain Sea. One prominent rock feature is the Niagara Escarpment, which bifurcates the region from Niagara Falls to the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, then extends to Manitoulin Island. Another is the Frontenac Axis, an exposure

neg: Ancient towns in Saudi Arabia Iraq, and the Ghassān, whose kingdom was in what is now called Syria. The Kingdom of Kindah is thought by many historians to have been a Bedouin tribal kingdom, unlike other organised kingdoms founded in the Arabian Peninsula. This city was known as Dhāt Kahl in the South Arabian text, although in the golden age it was called Qaryat al-Hamrā' ("the Red City") and Dhāt al-Jinān ("the City of Gardens"), and today it is known as Qaryat al-Fāw. The city covers an area of approximately three kilometers by one. The ancient city was inhabited for about eight centuries, and during

neg: Middle East hatikhon") and the Turkish is Orta Doğu. Traditionally included within the Middle East are Iran (Persia), Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and Egypt. In modern-day-country terms they are these: Various concepts are often being paralleled to Middle East, most notably Near East, Fertile Crescent and the Levant. Near East, Levant and Fertile Crescent are geographic concepts, which refer to large sections of the modern defined Middle East, with Near East being the closest to Middle East in its geographic meaning. Due to it primarily being Arabic speaking, the Maghreb region of North Africa is sometimes included. The

neg: Nova Scotia peninsula peninsula that is today the mainland portion of the province of Nova Scotia was referred to as the Acadian Peninsula at the time that Britain took control, with this territory falling under the Colony of Nova Scotia. <nowiki>*</nowiki> The term "peninsula" in the title of this article is not capitalized as this is not a formal geographic name authorized by the Geographic Names Board of Canada. Other informal terms used to refer to this geographic feature include Peninsular Nova Scotia and Mainland Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia peninsula The Nova Scotia peninsula is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of North

neg: Arabian Peninsula the Persian Gulf, exhibit the world's most extreme population growth, roughly tripling every 20 years. In 2014, the estimated population of the Arabian Peninsula was 77,983,936 (including expatriates). The Arabian Peninsula is known for having one of the most uneven adult sex ratios in the world with females in some regions (especially the east) constituting only a quarter of vicenarians and tricenarians. Listed here are the human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups in Arabia (Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) Haplogroup J is the most abundant component in the Arabian peninsula, embracing more than 50% of its

neg: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with AQAP. The following is a list of people who have been purported to be AQAP members. Most, but not all, are or were Saudi nationals. Roughly half have appeared on Saudi "most wanted" lists. In the left column is the rank of each member in the original 2003 list of the 26 most wanted. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( or , "Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab", "Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), or AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (, "Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah", "Group of the Helpers of

neg: Arabian Peninsula People's Union Arabian Peninsula People's Union The Arabian Peninsula People's Union () was a Nasserist political party in Saudi Arabia. The APPU was founded in 1959 by whilst in exile in Beirut. Sa'id had been exiled due to his leadership of the ARAMCO strikes in 1956. The APPU was regarded as one of the most important and most diverse opposition groups. The party had its origins in the Federation of the Sons of the Arabian Peninsula (FSAP); a Saudi opposition group formed in the late 1950s in Cairo. Unlike the Arab Liberation Front formed by Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in

neg: Terrorist training camp Most camps are located in the Middle East, with the most infamous in Syria and the Arabian peninsula. Many camps are located in regions of conflict. The call to jihad has seen many Muslims enter such camps, followed by US drone strikes. These encampments provide recruits with weapons training, protocol training, interaction with skilled veterans, and a secure geographic location for operations. Recruits are regularly indoctrinated in the goals and beliefs of the organization. Organizational leaders attempt to isolate recruits from their outside social connections and force them to establish a new identity. This allows the organization to become the

neg: Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands covered with the lichen "Usnea articulata". On the drier south-facing slopes dwarf-shrub forests of "Rubus petitianus, Rosa abyssinica, Alchemilla crytantha, Senecio" spp., "Helichrysum abyssinicum, Aloe sabae," and "Euphorbia" ssp. are common. The Arabian leopard ("Panthera pardus" ssp. "nimr") and Arabian wolf ("Canis lupus" ssp. "arabs") are critically endangered. Other mammals include the hamadryas baboon ("Papio hamadryas"), caracal ("Caracal caracal" ssp. "schmitzi"), rock hyrax ("Procavia capensis" ssp. "jayakari"), and striped hyena ("Hyaena hyaena"). Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands The Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands is a xeric woodland ecoregion of the Arabian Peninsula. The ecoregion covers an area of , lying above 2000

neg: History of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula History of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula The history of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula reaches back to Biblical times. The Arabian Peninsula is defined as including parts of Iraq and Jordan geographically. Politically, the following countries are considered part of the peninsula: The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented over twenty-six centuries, from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 600 BCE, as noted in the Hebrew Bible and other historical evidence from the period, to modern Iraq. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities. In the 1930s,

neg: Iraq–Saudi Arabia relations by supporting the coalition in the fight against ISIS in Iraq. Nowadays relations have improved greatly and both countries have emphasized the close historical, religious, ethnic, tribal, linguistic, cultural and geographic ties as well as the promising potential for continuous future cooperation and the need of upholding the current cordial relations between the Saudi Arabian government and the Iraqi government. At the creation of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the Hashemites ruled the kingdoms of Hijaz, Transjordan and Iraq. Once Ibn Saud established dominance in central Arabian Najd, he then proceeded to dominate much of the Arabian Peninsula and, with the help

neg: Arabian Peninsula People's Union although the APPU had possibly the most politically diverse membership of the Saudi opposition groups. The party was supported by Egypt The party defined itself as a revolutionary Arab organisation based on the premise of scientific-socialism. The party was also dedicated to the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy, which it viewed as corrupt, and was committed to the political unification of the Arabian peninsula. Arabian Peninsula People's Union The Arabian Peninsula People's Union () was a Nasserist political party in Saudi Arabia. The APPU was founded in 1959 by whilst in exile in Beirut. Sa'id had been exiled due to

neg: Geography of Oman areas, or blow sand all over the place. Environment - current issues: Soil salinity is rising. There is beach pollution from oil spills. There are very limited natural fresh water resources. Geographical note: Oman is in a strategic location on Musandam Peninsula adjacent to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. Geography of Oman Oman is a country situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Oman is located in the southeastern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and covers a total land area

neg: History of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula The earliest known history of jews in Qatar is when Muhhamed Became the ruler of the Arabian peninsula he exiled many Jewish Tribes to the far south and the far east of the Arabian peninsula and some of the exiled Jewish Tribes found there way to what is now called Qatar in the 1930s the Jewish Population of Qatar reached about 3,000 today there are only Tens of people and the community no longer exists the Jews that lived in Qatar mostly moved to Israel in the mass exodus of Jews from the Arab world., but the Anti-Defamation League has

neg: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( or , "Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab", "Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), or AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (, "Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah", "Group of the Helpers of the Sharia"), is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It was named for al-Qaeda, and states it is subordinate to that group and its now-deceased leader Osama bin Laden, a Saudi citizen of Yemeni heritage. It is considered the most active of al-Qaeda's branches, or "franchises," that emerged due to

neg: History of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula and giving a demographic count of Jews in every town and country. One of the known towns that Benjamin of Tudela reported as having a Jewish community was in a place called "Kis", located in Ras al-Khaimah, one of the seven emirates of the UAE. Modern Ras Al Khaimah covers an area of 656 square miles (1700 km²) in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Local Yemenite Jewish traditions have traced the earliest settlement of Jews in this region back to the time of King Solomon. One explanation is that King Solomon sent Jewish merchant marines to Yemen to

neg: Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands The Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands is a xeric woodland ecoregion of the Arabian Peninsula. The ecoregion covers an area of , lying above 2000 meters elevations in the Asir Mountains of southwestern Saudi Arabia and the Western Highlands of Yemen. The flora changes with elevation. Evergreen woodland and scrub lies between 2000 and 2500 meters elevation, with "Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata" and "Tarchonanthus camphoratus" the predominant trees. Above 2500 meters elevation, cloud forests, composed of large shrubs and small trees, can be found on wetter north-facing slopes, mostly made up of "Juniperus procera" and "Euryops arabicus",

neg: Arabian Peninsula coast of the peninsula. Six countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman) form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covers the greater part of the peninsula. The majority of the population of the peninsula live in Saudi Arabia and in Yemen. The peninsula contains the world's largest reserves of oil. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are economically the wealthiest in the region. Qatar, a small peninsula in the Persian Gulf on the larger peninsula, is home of the Arabic-language television station Al Jazeera and its English-language subsidiary Al Jazeera English. Kuwait, on

neg: Cerastes gasperettii Cerastes gasperettii Cerastes gasperettii, commonly known as the Arabian horned viper, is a venomous viper species found especially in the Arabian Peninsula and north to Israel, Iraq, and Iran. It is very similar in appearance to "C. cerastes", but the geographic ranges of these two species do not overlap. No subspecies of "C. gasperettii" are recognized. The specific name, "gasperettii", is in honor of John Gasperetti, an American surveyor, engineer, and herpetologist, who collected the holotype specimen. The average total length (including tail) of "C. gasperettii" is , with a maximum total length of . Females are usually larger than

neg: Arabian horse Arabian originally lived. Most evidence suggests the proto-Arabian came from the area along the northern edge of the Fertile Crescent. Another hypothesis suggests the southwestern corner of the Arabian peninsula, in modern-day Yemen, where three now-dry riverbeds indicate good natural pastures existed long ago, perhaps as far back as the Ice Age. This hypothesis has gained renewed attention following a 2010 discovery of artifacts dated between 6590 and 7250 BCE in Al-Magar, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, that appeared to portray horses. (No source exists) The proto-Arabian horse may have been domesticated by the people of the Arabian peninsula known today

neg: Sarawat Mountains Sarawat Mountains The Sarawat Mountains (), also known as the Sarat, is a mountain range in the Arabian Peninsula. In a broad sense, it runs parallel to the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula, thus encompasses the Asir and Hijaz Mountains. In a narrow sense, the Sarawat start in Asir in southern Saudi Arabia, and extend to the Gulf of Aden in the south, running along the entire western coast of Yemen, in what used to be North Yemen, and extend eastwards into part of what used to be South Yemen, thus running parallel to the Gulf of Aden. These

neg: Arabian Peninsula sector, mainly serve the oil industry. Traditional handicrafts such as carpet-weaving are found in rural areas of Arabia. Arabian Peninsula The Arabian peninsula, simplified Arabia (; ', ‘Arabian island’ or ', ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate. From a geographical perspective, it is considered a subcontinent of Asia. It is the largest peninsula in the world, at . The Arabian Peninsula consists of the countries Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the

neg: Arabian Peninsula Arabian Peninsula The Arabian peninsula, simplified Arabia (; ', ‘Arabian island’ or ', ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate. From a geographical perspective, it is considered a subcontinent of Asia. It is the largest peninsula in the world, at . The Arabian Peninsula consists of the countries Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the Red Sea between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the

neg: Bermel Peninsula Joerg in 1937. The United States Antarctic Service explored this area from the ground, 1939–41, roughly positioning the peninsula. The USAS also photographed the feature from the air in 1940, referring to it as "The Rock Pile" or "Rock Pile Point" from the appearance as a jumbled mass of peaks. The USBGN approved the name Rock Pile Point for the peninsula in 1947, but the decision was subsequently vacated. Although Rock Pile Peaks was approved for eastern summits and Rock Pile Point for the east extremity, the peninsula remained unnamed for about four decades. However, reference to a geographic feature

neg: Haplogroup N1a (mtDNA) Haplogroup N1a (mtDNA) Haplogroup N1a is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. N1a originated in the Near East 12,000 to 32,000 years ago. Specifically, the Arabian Peninsula is postulated as the geographic origin of N1a. This supposition is based on the relatively high frequency and genetic diversity of N1a in modern populations of the peninsula. Exact origins and migration patterns of this haplogroup are still subject of some debate. Two main competing scenarios exist for the spread of the Neolithic package from the Near East to Europe: demic diffusion (in which agriculture was brought by farmers) or cultural diffusion (in

neg: Western Asia division of contemporary sovereign states into a manageable number of world regions for statistical purposes, it is sometimes used instead of the more geopolitical term "Middle East". In an unrelated context, the term is also used in ancient history and archaeology to divide the Fertile Crescent into the "Asiatic" or "Western Asian" cultures as opposed to ancient Egypt. As a geographic concept, Western Asia includes the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, the Armenian Highlands, the South Caucasus, the Arabian peninsula as well as the Sinai Peninsula, making Egypt a transcontinental country. The term is used pragmatically and has no "correct" or

neg: Arabian horse 630, Muslim influence expanded across the Middle East and North Africa, by 711 Muslim warriors had reached Spain, and they controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula by 720. Their war horses were of various oriental types, including both Arabians and the Barb horse of North Africa. Arabian horses also spread to the rest of the world via the Ottoman Empire, which rose in 1299. Though it never fully dominated the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, this Turkish empire obtained many Arabian horses through trade, diplomacy and war. The Ottomans encouraged formation of private stud farms in order to ensure a

neg: Tourism in the Arab world of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast. It has a combined population of around 422 million people. The Arab World is divided into five main geographic regions: the Maghreb in Northwest Africa, the Nile Valley and the Horn of Africa in Northeast Africa, the Levant in the eastern Mediterranean, and the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia. Egypt is the only transcontinental country by virtue of the Sinai Peninsula, which lies in Asia. The vast area covered by the Arab World encompasses wide and diverse geographical features ranging from deserts and shrublands to Mediterranean forests and snow-capped mountain ranges.

neg: Post-classical history scholarship. The Arabian peninsula and the surrounding Middle East and Near East regions saw dramatic change during the Postclassical Era caused primarily by the spread of Islam and the establishment of the Arabian Empires. In the 5th century, the Middle East was separated by empires and their spheres of influence; the two most prominent were the Sasanian Empire of the Persians in what is now Iran and Iraq, and the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). The Byzantines and Sasanians fought with each other continually, a reflection of the rivalry between the Roman Empire and the Persian Empire seen during

neg: History of Asia late 13th and early 14th centuries were the first to be widely read throughout Europe. The Arabian peninsula and the surrounding Middle East and Near East regions saw dramatic change during the Medieval era caused primarily by the spread of Islam and the establishment of the Arabian Empires. In the 5th century, the Middle East was separated into small, weak states; the two most prominent were the Sasanian Empire of the Persians in what is now Iran and Iraq, and the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). The Byzantines and Sasanians fought with each other continually, a reflection of the

neg: Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area species of gazelles, the idmi and dorcas gazelle. It is likely that striped hyenas and cheetahs once also inhabited the area. Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area The Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area is a 220,000 ha large protected area in central Saudi Arabia. The area is totally fenced and protection from livestock grazing has allowed a spectacular recovery of native vegetation. The reserve is now dominated by grasslands, which are a reminder of what most of the Arabian peninsula may have looked once. Mahazat as-Sayd is one of the few places where the Arabian oryx has been reintroduced. In addition the reem

neg: Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area The Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area is a 220,000 ha large protected area in central Saudi Arabia. The area is totally fenced and protection from livestock grazing has allowed a spectacular recovery of native vegetation. The reserve is now dominated by grasslands, which are a reminder of what most of the Arabian peninsula may have looked once. Mahazat as-Sayd is one of the few places where the Arabian oryx has been reintroduced. In addition the reem gazelle and red-necked ostrich have been reintroduced in the reserve. The area was once also home to wolves and two more

neg: Banaadir a key trade center with Persia, Arabian peninsula and far east. Its capital is Mogadishu, although the administrative region itself is coextensive with the city. Benaadir is much smaller than the historical region of Benadir, which covers most of the country's central and southern seaboard opposite the Indian Ocean and up to the Juba River, including Mogadishu. Cabdiraxmaan Cumar Cusmaan (Eng. Yariisow) serves as the current Governor of Benaadir and Mayor of Mogadishu. He was appointed by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to replace taabit cabdi maxamed. The 1,650,227 residents of Benaadir are 50.7% female and come from 303,021 households.

neg: Islamic embroidery range of materials. Uighur women embroider felt skull caps, for use on their own or as the base for a turban. In Morocco and Tunisia, satin stitch was used for items such as decorative curtains and mirror covers. A form of satin stitch present in the Bedouin societies of the Arabian Peninsula, sometimes referred to as "khiyat al madrassa" ("school embroidery"), was used for furnishings. Prior to the stitching process, a shape was drawn onto the fabric by a skilled artist. Designs incorporating natural themes such as birds or flowers were most common. Surface satin stitch, worked only on the

neg: Tourism in the Arab world Emirates and Oman form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), also known as the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covers the greater part of the peninsula. The majority of the population of the peninsula live in Saudi Arabia and in Yemen. The history of the Arabian Peninsula goes back to the beginnings of human habitation in Arabia up to 20,000 years ago. The region has twice in world history had a global impact. The first was in the 7th century when it became the cradle of Islam. The second was from the mid-20th century when

neg: King Peninsula King Peninsula King Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula, long and wide, lying south of Thurston Island and forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica. It projects from the continental ice sheet and trends west between the Abbot Ice Shelf and Cosgrove Ice Shelf to terminate at the Amundsen Sea. The feature was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was plotted from these photos as a long island, or possible peninsula. Photos taken by the U.S. Navy in 1966 show it is a peninsula but the US Board on Geographic Names published its list

neg: Semitic languages Eblaite language of the kingdom of Ebla in the north eastern Levant. The various closely related Northwest Semitic Canaanite languages included Amorite, Edomite, Hebrew, Ammonite, Moabite, Phoenician (Punic/Carthaginian), Samaritan, Ekronite and Sutean, encompassed what is today Israel, western, north western and southern Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Jordan, the Sinai peninsula, northern parts of the Arabian peninsula and in the case of Phoenician, coastal regions of Tunisia (Carthage), Libya and Algeria, as well as possibly Malta also. Ugaritic was spoken in the kingdom of Ugarit in north western Syria. South Arabian languages (distinct from the later attested Arabic) were spoken in

neg: Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula ("CDHRAP") is a Saudi Arabian human rights non-governmental organisation based in Beirut. , CDHRAP was chaired by Mohammad Abul Azeem al-Hussain. The CDHRAP is a Saudi Arabian human rights non-governmental organisation created in 1992 and based in Beirut that states its belief in human rights "guaranteed by international treaties and conventions so long as they do not contradict with Islamic Laws". It declares itself opposed to human rights violations in the Arabian Peninsula, especially against the Shi'a

neg: Juhaynah prophet companion and Juhaynah leaders Uqbah ibn Amir Aljuhani as the governor of Egypt. Juhaynah Juhaynah (;also transiterated as "Djuhaynah" or "Johaynah") is a nomad tribe of the Arabian Peninsula and the largest clan of Banu Quda'a. Juhaynah are one of the most powerful Arabian tribes that rule important parts of the Hijaz. The Almarwani clan of the Juhaynah tribes are the leaders of the tribe. The Almarwani clan still live in the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia mostly in the city of Umluj or Omluj. The Juhaynah had a reputation for being good poets, so that they remember their poems,

neg: Juhaynah Juhaynah Juhaynah (;also transiterated as "Djuhaynah" or "Johaynah") is a nomad tribe of the Arabian Peninsula and the largest clan of Banu Quda'a. Juhaynah are one of the most powerful Arabian tribes that rule important parts of the Hijaz. The Almarwani clan of the Juhaynah tribes are the leaders of the tribe. The Almarwani clan still live in the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia mostly in the city of Umluj or Omluj. The Juhaynah had a reputation for being good poets, so that they remember their poems, handed down as Juhayna Ayyam (the days glory of Juhaynah), as well as trying

neg: Arabian wolf the Arabian Peninsula but now lives only in small pockets in southern Israel, southern and western Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and some parts of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It is rare throughout most of its range because of human persecution. In Oman wolf populations have increased because of a ban on hunting, and they may naturally re-establish themselves in certain places within the region in the relatively near term. In Israel, between 100 and 150 Arabian wolves are found across the Negev and the Arava. The United Arab Emirates and Egypt both have a captive breeding program

neg: Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean in 1510. Ottoman control of the Red Sea meanwhile began in 1517 when Selim I annexed Egypt to the Ottoman Empire after the Battle of Ridaniya. Most of the habitable zone of the Arabian Peninsula (Hejaz and Tihamah) soon fell voluntarily to the Ottomans. Piri Reis, who was famous for his World Map, presented it to Selim just a few weeks after the sultan arrived in Egypt. Part of the 1513 map, which covers the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas, is now in the Topkapı Museum. The portion concerning the Indian Ocean is missing; it is argued that Selim may

neg: Antarctic Peninsula the Antarctic Peninsula in February 1902, aboard the "Antarctic," which later sank not far from the peninsula. All crew were saved. They were later rescued by an Argentine ship. The British Graham Land Expedition between 1934 and 1937 carried out aerial surveys and concluded that Graham Land was not an archipelago but a peninsula. Agreement on the name Antarctic Peninsula by the US-ACAN and UK-APC in 1964 resolved a long-standing difference over the use of the United States' name "Palmer Peninsula" or the British name "Graham Land" for this geographic feature. This dispute was resolved by making Graham Land the

neg: Arabian Peninsula Peninsula. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in about 570 and first began preaching in the city in 610, but migrated to Medina in 622. From there he and his companions united the tribes of Arabia under the banner of Islam and created a single Arab Muslim religious polity in the Arabian peninsula. Muhammad established a new unified polity in the Arabian peninsula which under the subsequent Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion of Arab power well beyond the Arabian peninsula in the form of a vast Muslim Arab Empire with an area of

neg: History of art the pre-Islamic sculptures are made of alabaster. Archaeology has revealed some early settled civilizations in Saudi Arabia: the Dilmun civilization on the east of the Arabian Peninsula, Thamud north of the Hejaz, and Kindah kingdom and Al-Magar civilization in the central of Arabian Peninsula. The earliest known events in Arabian history are migrations from the peninsula into neighbouring areas. In antiquity, the role of South Arabian societies such as Saba (Sheba) in the production and trade of aromatics not only brought such kigdoms wealth but also tied the Arabian peninsula into trade networks, resulting in far-ranging artistic influences. It seems

neg: Arabian Peninsula to NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite data (2003–2013) analysed in a University of California, Irvine (UCI)-led study published in Water Resources Research on 16 June 2015, the most over-stressed aquifer system in the world is the Arabian Aquifer System, upon which more than 60 million people depend for water. Twenty-one of the thirty seven largest aquifers "have exceeded sustainability tipping points and are being depleted" and thirteen of them are "considered significantly distressed." A plateau more than high extends across much of the Arabian Peninsula. The plateau slopes eastwards from the massive, rifted escarpment along the coast

neg: Ajman (tribe) Ajman (tribe) Al- Ajmi Tribe Al-Ejman or al-'Ijman (, singular "Ajmi") العَجْمي is an Arabian tribal confederation in Mid-Eastern Arabian Peninsula, with members spread across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E. and the Kuwait. The word "Ajmi" literally translates to "one with bad pronunciation" عُجْمَه, meaning that the person whom the tribe was named after was either mute or had trouble with pronunciation. Al-Ejman is an Arab tribe that is descended from Yam. Yam is said to be one of the most well versed Arabic tribes. The tribe was pivotal in the history of the Arabian peninsula. It had contributed significantly to

neg: Arabian Peninsula of the Red Sea, to the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf. The interior is characterised by "cuestas" and valleys, drained by a system of "wadis". A crescent of sand and gravel deserts lies to the east. Most of the Arabian Peninsula is unsuited to agriculture, making irrigation and land reclamation projects essential. The narrow coastal plain and isolated oases, amounting to less than 1% of the land area, are used to cultivate grains, coffee and tropical fruits. Goat, sheep, and camel husbandry is widespread elsewhere throughout the rest of the Peninsula. Some areas have a summer humid tropical monsoon

neg: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula re-branding exercise: "the name Ansar al-Sharia is what we use to introduce ourselves in areas where we work to tell people about our work and goals." On 4 October 2012, the United Nations 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and the United States Department of State designated Ansar al-Sharia as an alias for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The State Department described the establishment of Ansar al-Sharia as an attempt to attract followers in areas of Yemen where AQAP had been able to establish territorial control and implement its interpretation of Sharia. In 2010 the White House was reported to be considering

neg: Arabian oryx the Arabian oryx's only predator. In captivity and safe conditions in the wild, oryx have a lifespan of up to 20 years. In periods of drought, though, their life expectancy may be significantly reduced by malnutrition and dehydration. Other causes of death include fights between males, snakebites, disease, and drowning during floods. Historically, the Arabian oryx probably ranged throughout most of the Middle East. In the early 1800s, they could still be found in the Sinai, Palestine, the Transjordan, much of Iraq, and most of the Arabian Peninsula. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, their range was pushed back

neg: Horn of Africa Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (, , , , ) (shortened to HOA; alternatively Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula in Northeast Africa. It juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent. Referred to in ancient and medieval times as "Land of the Berbers" and "Habesha", the Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. It covers approximately 2,000,000 km (770,000 sq mi) and is inhabited by roughly 115 million people

neg: Pre-Islamic Arab trade Byzantine source dating to the 4th century CE remarks on the concentration of Arab commerce present in Bosra. In the early Middle Ages, Arab naval trade was contested by the Greeks, who attempted to contest Arab control of maritime trade between India and Egypt. Arab trade persisted throughout the period while Greek naval trade dwindled. There were numerous harbors on the Arabian Peninsula in those times, some of which remain in operation today. The most important harbors in the East of the Arabian Peninsula were Al-Ubulla, the port of Gerrha, and Sohar, Oman. In the South of the peninsula the

neg: Hejazi Arabic phonology is optionally pronounced . The main phonological feature that differentiate urban Hejazi from the neighboring urban and rural dialects of the Arabian peninsula, is the constant use of full vowels and the absence of vowel reduction, for example 'I told you' (to a female), is pronounced or in Hejazi with full vowels but pronounced with the reduced vowel as or in Najdi or in most other dialects in the Gulf region. The pronunciation of word initial and medial and depends on the nature of the surrounding consonants, whether the syllable is stressed or unstressed, and on the accent of the

neg: Arabian horse Arabian horse The Arabian or Arab horse ( , DMG "ḥiṣān ʿarabī") is a breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest breeds, with archaeological evidence (source needed) of horses in the Middle East that resemble modern Arabians dating back 4,500 years. Throughout history, Arabian horses have spread around the world by both war and trade, used to improve other breeds by adding speed, refinement, endurance, and strong bone.

neg: Arabian Basin to the west. The Carlsberg Ridge, at a depth of 3,800 m, separates this basin from the Somali Basin to the southwest. The Arabian Basin is separated from the shallow Oman Basin by the Murray Ridge. Most of the northern and eastern limits are formed by the Laxmi Ridge and the Laccadive Plateau. Arabian Basin The Arabian Basin is an oceanic basin located in the southern part of the Arabian Sea between the Arabian Peninsula and India. It is centered at 10° N, 65° E. The basin depth ranges from 3,400 m in the north to 4,400 m in the

neg: Fleurieu Peninsula but unnamed by Matthew Flinders be given the names proposed by Baudin's expedition. The Geographical Names Advisory Committee advised in 2001 that the extent of the peninsula is:that portion of land between Gulf St. Vincent and the Southern Ocean "(sic)", a line from Aldinga "(sic)" (southern end of Aldinga Bay) to Middleton (eastern end) being the cut-off for the peninsula. This boundary has not to be gazetted at present, and is intended to be the extent of the geographic feature only and is not to be applied to any industry or interest group regional identification. Towns on the peninsula include

neg: Arabian Peninsula Syria, Cilicia, Iraq, and the remainder of the Arabian Peninsula. The Ottomans never had any control over central Arabia, also known as the Najd region. The Damascus Protocol of 1914 provides an illustration of the regional relationships. Arabs living in one of the existing districts of the Arabian peninsula, the Emirate of Hejaz, asked for a British guarantee of independence. Their proposal included all Arab lands south of a line roughly corresponding to the northern frontiers of present-day Syria and Iraq. They envisioned a new Arab state, or confederation of states, adjoining the southern Arabian Peninsula. It would have comprised

neg: Ottoman wars in Asia Suleiman Pasha, the captain of the navy failed to capture any bridgehead in India, he captured Aden and most of Yemen. A few years later, a Portuguese Navy tried to dominate in the Red Sea after Süleyman Pasha's return. However Ottoman captain Piri Reis (an important cartographer of the 16th century) defeated the navy and restored the Ottoman dominance in the Red Sea in 1548. In 1552, he captured Muscat and the south coasts of Arabian Peninsula. Later he also captured small forts in the Persian Gulf. Ottoman dominance on most of Arabian Peninsula continued up to 20th century. General

neg: Arabian Peninsula 188,000 years ago. There is evidence that human habitation in the Arabian Peninsula dates back to about 106,000 to 130,000 years ago. However, the harsh climate historically prevented much settlement in pre-Islamic Arabian peninsula, apart from a small number of urban trading settlements, such as Mecca and Medina, located in the Hejaz in the west of the peninsula. However, archaeology has revealed the existence of many civilizations in pre-Islamic Arabia (such as Thamud), especially in South Arabia. South Arabian civilizations include Sheba, Himyarite Kingdom, Kingdom of Awsan, Kingdom of Ma'īn and Sabaean Kingdom. Central Arabia was the location of Kingdom

neg: Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum in the UAE. Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum (Arabic: منتدى وحدة الخليج والجزيرة العربية) known as the Gulf Arab Unity Forum, is the first of its kind, meant to create a central coalition of Gulf unity in the Arabian Peninsula. This forum is associated with numerous controversial topics and people regarding terrorism and terror financing. Its objective, as stated by the general coordinator of the conference, Fahd Albmal, was to create a union to mirror that of the GCC, aimed at discussing broad political reforms and social and political development throughout the

neg: Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum (Arabic: منتدى وحدة الخليج والجزيرة العربية) known as the Gulf Arab Unity Forum, is the first of its kind, meant to create a central coalition of Gulf unity in the Arabian Peninsula. This forum is associated with numerous controversial topics and people regarding terrorism and terror financing. Its objective, as stated by the general coordinator of the conference, Fahd Albmal, was to create a union to mirror that of the GCC, aimed at discussing broad political reforms and social and political development throughout the gulf. He also

neg: Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula Islamic Dawa Party, the Islamic Amal and Mujahideen of Iraq, Takfir wa Hijra and Islamic Jihad of Egypt, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and various others. The OIR also allegedly has links with Islamic Jihad in Saudi Arabia, and Hezbollah. Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula The Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula ( '), OIR or OIRAP was an underground political organization led by Hassan al-Saffar that was active in Saudi Arabia and advocated a Shiite Islamic revolution in the Arabian peninsula. The group had its roots in the

neg: Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula The Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula ( '), OIR or OIRAP was an underground political organization led by Hassan al-Saffar that was active in Saudi Arabia and advocated a Shiite Islamic revolution in the Arabian peninsula. The group had its roots in the Shia Reform Movement in Saudi Arabia, although it was radicalized in 1979 as a result of the Iranian revolution and the Qatif Uprising. The group subsequently strove for change through confrontation, mass action, and revolution. However, after having failed to realise its goal of

neg: Really Wild Animals to do to survive in North America (I Gotta Be Wild); the second is about the places animals call home (Look Who's Moving In); the third focuses on difficulties in getting what animals want (To Get What You Want); and the fourth is about the winter season (Winter). The immense continent of Asia is explored. With such a large area to cover, this episode jumps from one place to the next. Examples include the Indonesian islands, the Arabian Peninsula, Indian jungles, and Chinese mountains. Some of the featured animals in these locations are the sea snake, the Arabian oryx, the

neg: Kamal Salibi new Israel, the Jewish peoples switched from Hebrew to Aramaic. It was this switch in language that created the confusions which led to the distortion of the immigrants' stories. He also argued that 'Lebanon' itself in high antiquity was a place in the Southern Arabian peninsula. The (literally) central identification of the theory is that the geographical feature referred to as הירדן, the "Jordan", which is usually taken to refer to the Jordan River, although never actually described as a "river" in the Hebrew text, actually means the great West Arabian Escarpment, known as the Sarawat Mountains. The area of

neg: Brobdingnag 1703. Brobdingnag is claimed to be a continent-sized peninsula long and miles wide, which based on the location given by Gulliver would suggest that it covers most of the North Pacific. Contrariwise, his map shows Brobdingnag to be of a similar size and extent as the present-day Washington, and his description of the voyage puts it at a six-week voyage from the Moluccas. Swift was highly sceptical about the reliability of travel writings and the unlikely geographic descriptions parody many unreliable travel books published at the time which Percy Adams describes as "travel lies". Unlike his account of Lilliput, Gulliver

neg: Arabian horse equestrian sport of Cirit (), as well as in circuses, therapeutic horseback riding programs, and on guest ranches. Registries and related organizations Educational organizations and articles Arabian horse The Arabian or Arab horse ( , DMG "ḥiṣān ʿarabī") is a breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest breeds, with archaeological evidence (source needed) of horses in the Middle East that resemble modern Arabians dating back 4,500 years. Throughout

neg: Music of China probably developed from sung poems and verses with music. Instrumental pieces played on an erhu or dizi are popular, and are often available outside of China, but the pipa and zheng music, which are more traditional, are more popular in China itself. The qin is perhaps the most revered instrument in China, even though very few people know what it is or seen and heard one being played. The zheng, a form of zither, is most popular in Henan, Chaozhou, Hakka and Shandong. The pipa, a kind of lute, believed to have been introduced from the Arabian Peninsula area during

neg: Wildlife of Saudi Arabia that "ḥumur" (, 'asses' or 'donkeys') would be terrified of a "qaswarah" (, 'lion', 'beast of prey' or 'hunter') is mentioned in Surat al-Muddaththir of the Qur’an. There is a hadith in Muwatta’ Imam Malik about Muslim Pilgrims having to beware of the "asad" (, lion) and "fahd" (, cheetah) in the land, besides other animals. Wildlife of Saudi Arabia The wildlife of Saudi Arabia is substantial and varied. Saudi Arabia is a very large country forming the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. It has several geographic regions, each with a diversity of plants and animals adapted to their own

neg: Judaism several different geographic areas—amongst others, the Ashkenazi Jews (of central and Eastern Europe), the Sephardi Jews (of Spain, Portugal, and North Africa), the Beta Israel of Ethiopia, and the Yemenite Jews from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Many of these groups have developed differences in their prayers, traditions and accepted canons; however, these distinctions are mainly the result of their being formed at some cultural distance from normative (rabbinic) Judaism, rather than based on any doctrinal dispute. Antisemitism arose during the Middle Ages, in the form of persecutions, pogroms, forced conversions, expulsions, social restrictions and ghettoization. This was