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Pirate Coast
(Encyclopedia)Pirate Coast: see United Arab Emirates. ...Trucial Coast
(Encyclopedia)Trucial Coast: see United Arab Emirates. ...Trucial Oman
(Encyclopedia)Trucial Oman: see United Arab Emirates. ...Trucial States
(Encyclopedia)Trucial States: see United Arab Emirates. ...Sinai campaign
(Encyclopedia)Sinai campaign: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...Six-Day War
(Encyclopedia)Six-Day War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...Yom Kippur War
(Encyclopedia)Yom Kippur War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...Leo III, Byzantine emperor
(Encyclopedia)Leo III (Leo the Isaurian or Leo the Syrian), c.680–741, Byzantine emperor (717–41). He was probably born in N Syria (rather than in Isauria, as once thought). He held diplomatic and military post...Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(Encyclopedia)Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), multinational organization (est. 1960, formally constituted 1961) that coordinates petroleum policies and economic aid among oil-producing nations...Sharjah
(Encyclopedia)Sharjah shärjäˈ [key], sheikhdom (1995 pop. 400,339), c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirates, SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The mod...Browse by Subject
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