By Micah Walker

 Natural Resources  Petroleum  Copper  Natural Gas  Chromium  Asbestos

 Deserts  Mountains  Oases  Peninsula  Caves

 Vegetation  Desert shrubs  Coconut palms  Desert grass  Climate  Rains mostly in mid-winter  Humidity is very high < 90%  Southwest in June and September is monsoon season

 Sultan  Qaboos ibn Said Al Bu Sa`idi – July 23, 1970  Prime Minister  Qaboos ibn Said Al Bu Sa`idi -Jan 2, 1972

 Dec 31, 2000 Six Persian Gulf nations (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) signed a regional defense pact.  July 17, 2004 A court in Oman convicted an American woman of murdering her husband and sentenced her to death.

 Currency - Omani Rial (OMR)  Major Industries – Crude oil refining, construction, and natural gas production

 Most common language – Arabic  Major religion – Islamic  Traditional Clothing  Men wear an ankle-length gown with long sleeves called a “Dishdasha”  Women wear colorful dresses over trousers with jewelry and sometimes headpieces

 Muscat city – a culture rich city that was once Oman’s capital  Nakhl Castle – a castle predating Islam set in palm farms  Jabal Akhdar – a city built 10,000 feet above sea level amongst dense vegetation and beautiful flowing waterfalls Jabal%20Akhdar%20mountains%20near%20Nizwa%20- %20remote%20village%20with%20fields%203008x2000.jpg

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