The Discovery of Oil in Saudi Arabia
The discovery of oil at the Dammam No. 7 well in 1938 transformed Saudi Arabia from a poor desert kingdom into one of the world's leading oil producer…
History
The history of Saudi Arabia, from the earliest settlements of the Arabian Peninsula through the first Saudi state, unification in 1932, and the modern Kingdom.
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The First Saudi State
The first Saudi state was founded in Diriyah in 1744 and grew to control much of the Arabian Peninsula before its destruction by Ottoman forces in 181…
History of Saudi Arabia
The history of Saudi Arabia spans the ancient civilisations of the Arabian Peninsula, the rise of Islam, the first and second Saudi states, and the un…
The Unification of Saudi Arabia
Between 1902 and 1932 Abdulaziz ibn Saud led a series of campaigns that unified the regions of the Arabian Peninsula into the modern Kingdom of Saudi…