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.

Dammam → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Dubai → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Eastern Arabia → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hejaz → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Manama → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Northern Arabia → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Oman Mountains → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Salalah → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Southern Arabia → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Tihamah → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Yemeni Highlands → partOf → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Battle of Badr → place → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Juwayriya bint al-Harith → placeOfOrigin → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Armed Forces of Oman → primaryTheater → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Abdullah ibn Ibad → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Aden shilling → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Al Maktoum family → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Aminah bint Wahb → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Arabia Standard Time → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Battle of Uhud → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
GCC common currency project → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Gulf Arabic → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
House of Hashim → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
House of Saud → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Maalla → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Muhammad → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia
Old South Arabian → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Port of Aden → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Royal Opera House Muscat → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Seif Palace → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic → region → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Omani American → regionOfOrigin → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Saudi Arabian American → regionOfOrigin → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Al-Walid I → regionRuled → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia
as-Saffah → regionRuled → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
GCC Patent Office → regionServed → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
GCC Secretariat General → regionServed → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
GCC Supreme Council → regionServed → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Gulf Cooperation Council → regionServed → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Surah Al-Alaq → revealedInRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Quran → revelationPlace → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
The Satanic Verses → setting → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabian Peninsula (fictionalized)
Lawrence of Arabia → settingLocation → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Colloquial Arabic → spokenIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Old Arabic → spokenIn → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
Government of Oman → subregion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Riyadh → subregion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Al-Mansur → territorialControl → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ