Arabian Peninsula

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geographical region peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula is a vast, predominantly desert region in Western Asia that is considered the historical heartland of Arab culture and the birthplace of Islam.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Arabia 7
Arabian Peninsula (fictionalized) 1
Arabian Peninsula region 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
borderedBy Arabian Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
Syrian Desert ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
connectedTo Eurasia ⓘ
surface form: Eurasian landmass
contains Asir region ⓘ
Rub al Khali ⓘ
surface form: Empty Quarter

Yemen ⓘ
surface form: Hadhramaut

Hejaz ⓘ
Najd ⓘ
Oman Mountains ⓘ
Rub al Khali ⓘ
Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
Yemeni Highlands ⓘ
continentPartOf Asia ⓘ
countryLocatedOn Bahrain ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
parts of southern Iraq ⓘ
parts of southern Jordan ⓘ
ethnicMajority Arabs ⓘ
geologicalFeature part of Arabian Plate ⓘ
historicalRegion Arabian Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arabia
knownFor birthplace of Islam ⓘ
historical heartland of Arab culture ⓘ
oil reserves ⓘ
vast deserts ⓘ
languageMajority Arabic ⓘ
largestCountryOn Saudi Arabia ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Asia

Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
majorCityOn Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Doha ⓘ
Jeddah ⓘ
Kuwait City ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
Muscat ⓘ
Riyadh ⓘ
Sanaʽa ⓘ
surface form: Sana'a
partOf Arab world ⓘ
Greater Middle East ⓘ
religiousSignificance location of Mecca ⓘ
location of Medina ⓘ
origin of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
site of early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
seaSeparatedFrom Africa by Red Sea ⓘ
subregion Riyadh Province ⓘ
surface form: Central Arabia

Persian Gulf states ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Arabia

Northern Arabia ⓘ
Southern Arabia ⓘ

Referenced by (161)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jabal al-Lawz region → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
King Saud University → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Kuwait → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Muscat → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Qatar → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Quba Mosque → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Quraysh → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Razihi Arabic → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Rub al Khali → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Sanaʽa → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Sharjah → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Sheikh Othman → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Steamer Point → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Tihamah coastal plain → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Umm Al Quwain → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
United Arab Emirates → locatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Crater → locatedInGeographicRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Al Rayyan → locatedInRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Ras Al Khaimah → locatedInRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Abu Dhabi → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Al Jawf Region → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Al Quoz → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Asir region → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hail Region → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Medina → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Najd → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Oman → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Saudi Arabia → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Tabuk Region → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Yemen → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Yemeni Highlands → locatedOn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Second Fitna → location → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hippotraginae → nativeRange → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Aquila rapax → nativeTo → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Arabian camel → nativeTo → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Arabian oryx → nativeTo → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Barbeyaceae → nativeTo → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Dorstenia → nativeTo → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz → nearbyRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Peninsula Shield Force → operatesIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Royal Army of Oman → operatesIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Arabs → originRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Shia Islam → originRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Islam → originatedIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Ibadi Islam → originatedInRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Ad Dahna Desert → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Aden → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Amarah → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabian Peninsula region
Capital Governorate (Bahrain) → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ