Saudi Arabia& Kuwait Too

The gas tank of the world

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• Holy cities

• Oil• Near to:

–Iraq–Kuwait–Iran

Mecca• Sacred City of

Islam• Site of the

annual pilgrimage–The Hajj

http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/images/mecca.jpg

King Abdul ibn Saud• Founded the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia–1932

• Ruled 1932-1953• Had many sons

http://www.outintheblue.com/images/QJ_AAz.jpg

Oil

• Oil discovered in 1936

• Has made the Saudis very wealthy

http://www.saudiembassy.net/publications/magazine-spring-96/aramco.html

Saudi Economy• Oil based• 45% of income

from oil• Small

population• 1/3 of world’s

proven oil reserves

http://www.saudiembassy.net/publications/magazine-spring-96/images/aramco-7.gif

OPEC• Organization of

Petroleum Exporting Countries

• Saudi Arabia supplies 25 % of OPEC oil

• Could supply 35%http://www.mmeconomics.com.ge/arc/2000/jurnali%202002/image%201/opec_barrel.jpg

Abdullah ibn Saud• King since 2005

• 4 half brothers have been king before him

• Could be last of ibn Saud’s sons to be King

http://www.the-saudi.net/al-saud/abduallah.jpg

Religious Extremism• Saudi government

Protectors of Mecca & Medina

• Support con-servative religion

• Conservative religious groups are anti-west.

http://www.adl.org/terrorism_america/bin_l.asp

Women’s Rights• Not allowed to:

– Drive a car

– Go outside without a male relative

• Must be properly dressed

http://delhi4cats.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/saudi_women_main.jpg

Emirate of Kuwait

• Independent from U.K. since 1961

• Rich in oil

• Invaded in 1990http://www.multied.com/Mideast/Kuwait.gif

Gulf States

• Small, oil rich countries along Persian Gulf

Gulf States II• Huge building

projects

• Financed with oil money

• More liberal than Saudi Arabia

http://www.tourcanvacations.com/eflyers/img/Dubai_-_United_Arabic_Emirates.jpg

Yemen• No oil• Weak government• Rebels in the north

http://www.economist.com/world/middle-east/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14816827

• Al-Qaeda training camps

• Many Guantanamo Bay detainees from Yemen