History and Background The Arab world straddles two continents, Asia and Africa, and its long coastline gives it access to critical waterways. The region offers a variety of climatic conditions from dry to seasonal rainfalls in Morocco, Tunisia and the mountains of Lebanon. Agriculture is a very im...

Prior to the 20th century, the Middle Eastern nations could easily have been categorized as third world countries. It was not until the early 1930's that oil production was begun and not until the mid-century that oil became an important commodity in the world market. Thus, the Middle Easte...

Brent Lo Destro Military IV 15 February 2002 The Persian Gulf War Why did a coalition of over 30 nations find it was necessary to go to war to help Kuwait after it was invaded by Iraq? How did the Coalition defeat the Iraqis'? Altho...

Largest of the seven component parts of the United Arab, Abu Dhabi has a history that stretches back many thousands of years. The first trace of Abu Dhabi dates back to the 16th century AD, when a book published by a traveling court jeweler from Venice mentioned a list of islands in the southern ...