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Arabian Peninsula

Arabian Peninsula
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About Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula, or simply Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia. It accounts for the majority of the land situated on the Arabian plate. With an area of 3,237,500 km2 (1.25 million mi2), it is the world's largest peninsula—roughly comparable in size to India. Nine countries are located on the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, as well as the southern halves of Iraq and Jordan.

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You could do that. It was kind of thought as an evil drink. It came started in Africa or in Yemen somewhere and they were all drinking it around there. Then it got up into the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. Everyone's drinking it. Then it came. over to Catholic Europe and everyone went, well, it's the drink of the infidel. Then Pope Clement the 8th tasted some and thought, right, I love this.

from No Such Thing As George Clooney In A Blackcurrant Suit, 2021-04-23 at 00:42:43 · read transcript

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Coordinates: 23.0000, 46.0000

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