End of European Mandate System
Young countries! Independence Dates
Kuwait 1961
Oman 1970
Bahrain 1971
United Arab
Emirates 1971
Qatar 1971
Goals after Independence?
Develop Industry & Economy
End Foreign control
of Industry &
develop their own
industries.
Strength and build
the economies;
provide jobs
Modernize the Country
Modernize the
countries; build
infrastructure;
roads, dams,
hydroelectric energy
etc.
Goals after Independence?
Improve Agriculture
Improve agriculture to
increase food production
Desalination-remove salt
from sea water to use.
Green Revolutionsimprove farming
technique
Develop Oil Industry
OPEC- Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries
Most OPEC countries are
in the Middle East
Use oil income to
modernize the country
Arab Countries located on
Persian Gulf
Arab Gulf States
Six States- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain,
Qatar, UAE & Oman.
Arab States of the
Persian Gulf
All significant revenues from oil
and gas & low populations
(except for S. Arabia)
The Arab states share a regional
culture.
All six states are hereditary
monarchies. (Bahrain & Kuwait
have legislatures that are elected.)
Oil Reserves by Country
Allies with the
U.S.
President Obama & King
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. helped the
Kuwaitis during the Persian
Gulf War!
The U.S. has good relations
with all of the Arab Gulf
States.
Modern Beautiful
Cities
Oil wealth has allowed most of the Monarch/Leaders
invest in infrastructure, and build modern cities in
these countries
Dubai, UAE
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Manama, Bahrain
Kuwait City
Wars & Conflicts in the Arab States?
What are the important wars or conflicts that the U.S. has been
involved with as well?
Iraq invaded Kuwait
1st Persian Gulf War
When Saddam invaded
Kuwait in 1990, the U.S.
helped the Kuwaitis in the
war.
Who won the war?
Kuwait King & Pres. Bush, Sr.
Kuwait & U.S.A.
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The
nd
2
Persian Gulf War?
12 Years Later the
U.S. invades IraqOperation Iraqi
Freedom
2003- U.S. believes
Saddam had built
WMD (Weapons
of Mass
Destruction)
War ends in 2011; Saddam is
found guilty of crimes!
Not a Arab Gulf State, but
important war in area.
Images or numbers of
Iranians killed
Over One
Million Dead
from the war
Estimates of 500,000 dead
from each country
Economic Loss of $500
Million for each country
Why no Arab Spring?
There are three reasons for the Gulf states’ staying power:
Governments here don’t derive their power from fear and
brutality; The nations have little history of political activism;
Oil wealth allows the regimes to effectively buy popular
support.
Finally, oil wealth has allowed governments to shower their
subjects with perks such as universal health care, tax-free
living, scholarships for study abroad, and generous cash
gifts.
What cities & sites did you see in video clips in
United Arab Emirates?
What cities & sites did you see in video clips in
Kuwait?
What cities & sites did you see in video clips in
Oman?
What surprised you or interested you the most from the
videos and class discussion?