American interests and activities in the Arab Gulf region from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century " The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman" as a model

Authors

  • Abeer Khaleel Ibrahiem University of Babylon / College of Basic Education / Department of History

Keywords:

The Arab Gulf region, the US administration, the Saudi economy, World War II, the oil monopoly companies, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract

The beginnings of American activity in the Arabian Gulf region go back to the first half of the nineteenth century, when the United States of America began its activity in the Arabian Peninsula through missionary missions and commercial trips. Commercial activity was the most prominent feature of American interests during the nineteenth century in the Arabian Gulf region. Until that activity developed into American relations with some Gulf countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman. Perhaps the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the most prominent area of American polarization, as the history of bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America dates back to the early thirties of the last century in 1931, when the signs of oil discoveries appeared in the Kingdom and oil exploration and marketing companies began practicing their activities commercially. As for Bahrain, missionaries were The most prominent features of the American activity there, as it embarked on about eight or nine missions of its educational and medical activity there, but the first American activity in the Arabian Gulf region was on the Omani lands, despite the thousands of kilometers that separate geographically between Oman and the United States of America, but the attention of The United States has been heading towards it, since its independence in 1877 AD, where American interests and activities began to grow clearly.

 

Published

2022-11-30