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Bookmark or Share- Persian Gulf - WikipediaThe Persian Gulf, [a] sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, [b] is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.
- Persian Gulf War: Dates & Operation Desert Storm ‑ HISTORYThe Persian Gulf War, or Operation Desert Storm, began in 1991 after President Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait.
- Persian Gulf - Encyclopedia.comThe Persian Gulf, known to Arabs as the Arabian Gulf, is a crescent-shaped stretch of water forming an extension of the Indian Ocean. The entrance from the Arabian Sea is via the Straits of Hormuz, which at their narrowest are only about 55 kilometers wide.
- Persian Gulf | Definition, Location, Map, Countries, & Facts - BritannicaPersian Gulf, shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. The sea has an area of about 93,000 square miles. Its length is some 615 miles, and its width varies from a maximum of about 210 miles to a minimum of 35 miles.
- Persian Gulf - New World EncyclopediaIn 330 B.C.E., the Achaemenid Empire established the first Persian Empire in Pars (Persis, or modern Fars) in the southwestern region of the Iranian plateau. Consequently in the Greek sources, the body of water that bordered this province came to be known as the Persian Gulf.
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