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.

Abbasid Caliphate → territoryIncludes → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → territoryIncludes → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Palmyrene Empire → territoryIncludes → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia
Rashidun Caliphate → territoryIncludes → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hijra → tookPlaceInRegion → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Bengal Sultanate → tradePartner → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Debal → tradeWith → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Kilwa Kisiwani → tradedWith → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia
Kingdom of Meroë → tradedWith → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Magi → traditionalOrigin → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia
Ibn Battuta → traveledTo → Arabian Peninsula ⓘ