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The Arab League has 22 member states. It was founded in Cairo in March 1945 with seven members: the Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Republic, Transjordan ( Jordan from 1949), and North Yemen (later becoming Yemen ). [ 1] Membership increased during the second half of the 20th century.
The list below contains an image of the site or part of the site; the name as inscribed by UNESCO; the location; the nominating state party; the criteria met by the site, including if it is a cultural, natural or mixed; the area in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones, with a value of zero implying that no data is published by UNESCO; the year the site was inscribed; and a ...
The Sultanate of Ndzuwani (1711–1912) The Sultanate of Ngazidjia (1400–1912) Sultanate of Bambao. The Sultanate of Mwali (1830–1909) The Sultanate of Bajini (1500–1889) The Sultanate of Itsandra (1400–1886) The Sultanate of Mitsamihuli. The Sultanate of Washili. The Sultanate of Hambuu. The Sultanate of Hamahame.
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states ( Arabic: دول الخليج العربي) [ 1] refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Yemen is bound to ...
Three horizontal bands of black, white and green and the red isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side bearing the small white seven-pointed star in the center. 1961 to present. Flag of Kuwait. Three horizontal bands of green, white and red and the black trapezoid is based on the hoist-side. 1943 to present.
The Arab League ( Arabic: الجامعة العربية, al-Jāmiʿa al-ʻArabiyya, Arabic: [al.d͡ʒaː.mi.ʕa al.ʕa.ra.bij.ja] ⓘ ), formally the League of Arab States ( Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية, Jāmiʿat ad-Duwal al-ʿArabiyya ), is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 ...
The Arab world straddles two continents, Africa and Asia. It is mainly oriented along an east–west axis. [citation needed] The West Asian Arab region comprises the Arabian Peninsula, most of the Levant (excluding Cyprus and Israel), most of Mesopotamia (excluding parts of Turkey and Iran) and the Persian Gulf region.
The Arab Union is a theoretical political union of the Arab states. The term was first used when the British Empire promised the Arabs a united independent state in return for revolting against the Ottoman Empire, with whom Britain was at war. It never came to fruition following the Sykes–Picot Agreement. Despite this, many in the Arab world ...