accidental destruction of an Iranian airliner by USS Vincennes

The Arabian gulf extends from Kuwait to Oman

Israel, Japan,Egypt, Antarctica,Jordan,and Saudi Arabia

Dubai is right on the Persian Gulf.

The Straight of Hormuz allows oil tankers to enter and leave the Persian Gulf.

No "bodies of water" except the rivers Tigris and Euphrates empty into the Persian Gulf.

That is the Arabian Peninsula.

Qatar, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Omen, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran

it has always been the Persian gulf, because the Persians were the first to explore the area of , so they named it the PERSIAN gulf. as you can see in the memorial wall of rome (The other big civilization of that time) , the name is spelled as "Golfo Persico" which means the Persian gulf.

They are located at the northwest of the Arabian Sea

Yes it is salt water because it is connected to the Ocean of Oman which is connected to the Indian Ocean. So therefore, it is salt water.

The Persian Gulf is located in the Middle East. Location is at 28N, 51E.

The Persian Gulf lies between Iran and Saudi Arabia, for the most part. It begins at the delta of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway (which represents the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), and ends at the Strait of Hormuz, between the Musandum Peninsula and Iran.

Venezuala does not border the gulf.

Iraq's south eastern border is the Persian Gulf. It's capital is Baghdad.

it is 300,295,549 miles apart but i am just kidding i do not know i just wanted to do this do not use this asnwer EVER

Countries with a coastline on the Persian Gulf, called the Persian Gulf States, are (clockwise, from the north): Iran (Persia), United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar on a peninsula off the Saudi coast, Bahrain on an island, and Kuwait and Iraq in the northwest

IRAN

Iraq

Afghanistan

Turkey

Pakistan

Kuwait

Qatar

Oman

Saudia Arabia

United Arab Emirates

It is important because it is a major body of water for ships to come through. In the middle east, a country by the name of Qantar (KAN-tahr) is a main source of oil and therefore is important to be accessible.

Although reluctantly authorized by Congress, the first Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) was a reaction to the threat against oil supplies in the Middle East, after Saddam Hussein of Iraq attacked and occupied Kuwait.

Kuwait

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into the Persian Gulf.

Iran forms the majority of the northern coastline of the Persian Gulf.

It depends what you mean by "city-state". If you are referring to Emirates (Arab Tribal Principalities), then the largest in area is Kuwait, which sits on the Persian Gulf.

If you are talking about historic city-states, there are several historic city-states in the Mesopotamian valley, like Akkad or Sumer. Additionally, as the Persian Gulf lies between modern day Saudi Arabia and Iran, the closest Ancient Greek city-state would have been Knossos, where the Mycenaean Greeks lived.

When sea creatures died their remains sank to the bottom. Over long periods of time mud and sand and other materials were deposited on top of the remains. The heat and pressure form the covering materials changed the dead matter into petroleum, or oil