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Kuwait
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الكويت |
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Kuwait - State of Kiwait
The State of Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by ► Saudi Arabia to the south and ► Iraq to the north. The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water."
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| Short name |
Kuwait |
| Official name |
State of Kiwait |
| Status |
Independent country since 1961 |
| العربية |
[1]الكويت - دولة الكويت
الكويت هي دولة عربية مستقلة تقع في شرق شبه الجزيرة العربية في جنوب غرب القارة الآسيوية على الخليج العربي، يحدها من الشمال العراق ، ومن الجنوب السعودية. سميت بالكويت نسبة إلى الكوت والكويت هو تصغير للفظ الكوت باللغة العامية والكوت عبارة عن بناء يخزن فيه الأسلحة.
اناتفاقية حماية و انتهت بالاستقل
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| Location |
Middle East |
| Capital |
[2] الكويت (Kuwait) |
| Population |
3,100,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
17,818 km² |
| Major languages |
Arabic |
| Major religions |
Islam |
| More information |
Kuwait, Geography of Kuwait, History of Kuwait and Politics of Kuwait |
| More images |
Kuwait - Kuwait (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Kuwait |
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Map of Kuwait |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Kuwait, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Kuwait.
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Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire |
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Median Empire |
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire |
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire |
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian) |
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Hellenistic world in 200 BCE |
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Map of Parthia 100 BC |
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
133 BC
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
117 (maximum extension)
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The Persian Sassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control. |
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Sassanide Empire |
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Sassanide Empire |
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Sassanide Empire |
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Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman |
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Caliphate around 750 |
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Iran around 1000 |
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The Safavid Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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Gulf War coalition |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
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- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: al-Kuwayt - Dawlat al Kuwayt.
- ↑ Romanization: al-Kuwayt.
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