Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Eastern Arabia is the eastern part of Arabia that was historically known as Bahrain (Arabic: البحرين al-Baḥrayn) until the 18th century. The historical region of eastern Arabia stretched from the south of Basra along the Persian Gulf coast and included the regions of Bahrain, Southern Iraq, Kuwait, Al-Hasa, Qatif and northern Oman. The entire coastal strip of eastern Arabia was known as "Bahrain" for ten centuries.Until very recently, the whole of eastern Arabia, from southern Iraq to the mountains of Oman, was a place where people moved around, settled and married unconcerned by national borders. The people of eastern Arabia shared a culture based on the sea, they are seafaring peoples.The Gulf Arab states are solely Eastern Arabia, the borders of the Arabic-speaking Gulf do not extend beyond Eastern Arabia. The modern-day states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE are identified as Gulf Arab states. Saudi Arabia is sometimes considered a Gulf Arab state although in general, Saudi Arabia is not considered a Gulf Arab state because most Saudis do not live in Eastern Arabia.. }
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- Eastern_Arabia abstract "Eastern Arabia is the eastern part of Arabia that was historically known as Bahrain (Arabic: البحرين al-Baḥrayn) until the 18th century. The historical region of eastern Arabia stretched from the south of Basra along the Persian Gulf coast and included the regions of Bahrain, Southern Iraq, Kuwait, Al-Hasa, Qatif and northern Oman. The entire coastal strip of eastern Arabia was known as "Bahrain" for ten centuries.Until very recently, the whole of eastern Arabia, from southern Iraq to the mountains of Oman, was a place where people moved around, settled and married unconcerned by national borders. The people of eastern Arabia shared a culture based on the sea, they are seafaring peoples.The Gulf Arab states are solely Eastern Arabia, the borders of the Arabic-speaking Gulf do not extend beyond Eastern Arabia. The modern-day states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE are identified as Gulf Arab states. Saudi Arabia is sometimes considered a Gulf Arab state although in general, Saudi Arabia is not considered a Gulf Arab state because most Saudis do not live in Eastern Arabia.".