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| Arabia |
a Southwest Asian peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. |
| Arabian Peninsula |
a peninsula in western Asia that lies between the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the northeast. The Indian Ocean borders the Arabian Peninsula on the southeast. Countries located on the peninsula include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. |
| Assyria |
an ancient empire in Southwest Asia between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, with an extension into Egypt. |
| Babylonia |
an ancient empire of about 2800-700 B.C. in southwestern Asia at the head of the Persian Gulf. |
| Bahrain |
an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia. [1/2 definitions] |
| Euphrates River |
a river that flows from eastern Turkey through Syria and Iraq. In southeastern Iraq, it joins the Tigris River and finally empties with it into the Persian Gulf. |
| Iran |
a Middle Eastern country between Turkmenistan, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. |
| Kuwait |
a Middle Eastern country at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. |
| Qatar |
a Middle Eastern country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. |
| Tigris River |
a river that begins in eastern Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq. In southeastern Iraq, the river joins the Euphrates River and eventually empties into the Persian Gulf. |
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