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United Arab Emirates

  • 100

    1 A.D. to 100 A.D.

    1 A.D. to 100 A.D.
    Overland caravan traffic started between Syria and cities in southern Iraq. Also, seaborne travel to the port of Omana and then to India. This was also known as an alternative route to the Red Sea.
  • Mar 7, 630

    630 A.D.

    630 A.D.
    Islamic prophet Muhammad arrived.
  • Mar 7, 637

    637 A.D.

    637 A.D.
    Julfar was used as a main port for the Islamic during an invasion of Sasanian Iran.
  • Period: Mar 7, 1506 to

    Portuguese rule

  • Mar 7, 1507

    1507 A.D.

    1507 A.D.
    Looking for a way of passing the Arab Traders, the Portuguese Captain Afonso de Albuquerque sailed a small fleet into the Gulf of Oman and the Straits of Hormuz.
  • Period: to

    Portuguese removed

    The Portuguese removed from their different bases starting in 1602 lasting until 1620.
  • 1744 A.D.

    1744 A.D.
    The Emirates was officially known as part of the First Saudi State.
  • 1818 A.D.

    1818 A.D.
    The Ottoman-Saudi War in 1818 led to the collapse of the first Saudi state making it known as the Second Saudi State.
  • Period: to

    British rule

  • 1950 A.D.

    1950 A.D.
    Oil was discovered in UAE.
  • 1971 A.D.

    1971 A.D.
    UAE gain their Independence.
  • 1972 A.D.

    In UAE, the Federal National Council (FNC) was created.
  • 1990 A.D.

    1990 A.D.
    UAE joined forces with the allies against Iraq. This was after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
  • 2004 A.D.

    2004 A.D.
    Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE's first president, dies.
  • 2008 A.D.

    2008 A.D.
    France and the UAE signed a deal allowing France's military to set up a permanant base.
  • 2012 A.D.

    The UAE outlawed online mockery of its government and attempts to organize public protests through social media.
  • 2011 A.D.

    2011 A.D.
    The UAE joines international military operations in Libya.
  • 3000 B.C.

    3000 B.C.
    Cooper trading started with outside world, mainly in the Al Hajar Mountains.
  • 5500 B.C

    5500 B.C
    In 5500 BC, the earlierst known human life was found in the UAE.