HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Red Sea
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Syria
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Israel
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Persian Gulf
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 3, 1938, an American-owned oil well in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, drilled into what would soon be identified as the largest source of petroleum in the world. The discovery radically changed the physical, human, and political geography of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, and the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus the Persian Gulf basin is one of the largest in the world and its great reserves of oil are due, in part, to the large volume of marine sediments which it contains.
Detailed explanation-3: -As of 2018, the proven oil reserves for Saudi Arabia was 266.2 billion barrels. The world’s largest oil reserves can be found in the Middle East region. Saudi Arabia has the second largest world reserves right behind Venezuela.
Detailed explanation-4: -In March of 1908, after years of difficult conditions and failure, geologist George Bernard Reynolds discovered oil in Persia (modern-day Iran).