Persian Gulf

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

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

The Country is the United Arab Emirates or UAE.

The Seven Emirates are;

Abu Dhabi

Dubai

Sharjah

Fujeirah

Ras al Khaimah

Um Al Quain

Ajman

Major ports by country:

Iraq: Basra, Umm Qasr

Kuwait: Kuwait City

Saudi Arabia: Jubail, Dammam

Bahrain: Manama

Qatar: Doha

United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaima

The jutting out peninsula into the Persian Gulf hosts the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen

All the countries around the Persian Gulf have some of the world's largest oil reserves. The countries in this area with their worldwide ranking of oil production are Saudi Arabia (2nd), Iran (4th), Iraq (7th), United Arab Emirates (9th), Kuwait (11th), and Qatar (21st).

island sheikhdom of saudi arabia

Bahrain is the smallest country in the Persian Gulf.

That would be the FERTILE CRESCENT.

In a clockwise direction from the south , Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.

bahrain is a small group of islands in the western persian gulf

Operation EARNEST WILL

Saudi Arabia

Qatar is an Arab country. It begins with the letter Q.

Those two rivers are the Euphrates and Tigris.

The confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers forms the Shatt-al-Arab (Arabic, River of the Arabs) or the Arvand Rud (Persian, Swift River), a river of some 120 miles (200 km). The southern end divides Iran and Iraq, and flows into the Persian Gulf.

Well, its not in the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf is the old name of the Arabian Gulf, which is a shallow sea in the middle east.

The UAE is on the cost of the Persian Gulf/ Arabian Gulf