HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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The Persian Gulf is critical for economic purposes
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The countries want power
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The area is important religiously
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The Persian Gulf is the only source of drinking water
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vast deposits of petroleum in this region make the Persian Gulf strategically important. Middle Eastern countries depend on the gulf for trade and for access to the Indian Ocean. All countries that consume oil from the region, including the U.S., have a vital interest in keeping the gulf open to shipping.
Detailed explanation-2: -Persian Gulf is the warmest water expanse known with dry semi-tropical climate. Its widest part reaches 180 miles and its depth is from 10-30m in the west to 93m which is its deepest point 15Km away from the Island, Big Tonb. The low depth of Persian Gulf constantly causes land to advance into the sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition, the area has approximately two-thirds of the world’s estimated proven oil reserves and one-third of the world’s estimated proven natural gas reserves. The region thus has acquired considerable strategic significance for the world’s industrialized countries.
Detailed explanation-4: -Modern history The Persian Gulf was a battlefield of the 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other’s oil tankers. It is the namesake of the 1991 Gulf War, the largely air-and land-based conflict that followed Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Persian Gulf exports approximately 18.2 million barrels of oil per day; approximately 17 million barrels per day transit through the Strait of Hormuz in tankers. Additionally, over 3.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas, approximately 18 percent of world shipments, travel through the Strait via LNG tankers.