Kuwait

 Kuwait

history: timeline- 1700s; settlers arrive from the interior of the Arabian Peninsula. 1756; Kuwait comes under the control of Al-Sabah. 1899; Kuwait doesn't want to be under rule of Turkey, so they make a deal with Britian to provide protection, and London dealt with their foreign affairs. 1937; Large oil reserves are found by the US, and the British Kuwiat Oil Company is formed. they can't advertise and sell it yet because of WW2, but when the war is over it is sold. 1951; Kuwait's military if formed, and its population develops a high standard of living. 1961; Kuwait becomes independent. 1980; Iran-Iraq war. Kuwait supports Iraq by helping strategically and financially. 1990; Iraq accuses Kuwait of stealing oil from them and Kuwait gets threats form Saddam Hussein. 1993; the UN appoints new borders to Kuwiat and Iraq, giving giving Kuwait a number of oil wells.  2003; tens of thousand of american soldiers come to Kuwait to disarm Saddam Hussein. 2005; parliament approves to pass a low approving women to vote. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">2006; women cast their votes for the first time. <span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">2007; Kuwiatis are urged to conserve energy due to an economical fueled by major oil exports. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">2009; Prime minister survives and attempt on his life. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">2009; women can now get passpprts withour their husbands consent, and aren't required to wear a head cover. <span style="color: #ff7f00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">2010; there is protesting against the government plot to change the constitution. 2011; 100s of reform-- inspired by Arab protesting.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 500%;">Geography:



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Kuwait is between Iraq and Sasi Arabia, and it boders the Persian Gulf. It is slightly smaller than New Jersey. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 500%;">Economy: <span style="color: #ff7f00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">The currency in Kuwait is a Dinar.

<span style="color: #ffdb00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> The main major export in Kuwait is crude oil.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 500%;">Culture: <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">population- 2,595,628 <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">major language- arabic <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">major religions- Muslim, Hinduism, and Christianity

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">traditional clothing in Kuwait for men is a Dishdasha (a long robe) with a Gutra (a cloth headdress) and sandals.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Women wear a dark Abaya (a long thin robe made of polyiester) over a traditional dress (Dara)