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Area. 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m 2) Website. www.imgworlds.com. IMG Worlds of Adventure is an indoor amusement park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located on Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road within the City of Arabia. The park is divided into six zones or 'worlds' [1]. Two of the six worlds represent global brands such as Cartoon ...
The Mleiha Archaeological Centre displays evidence of the oldest archaeological finds in the UAE, the prehistoric Faya-1 collection, which dates human occupation in the area to 130,000–120,000 BCE, and has been linked to the movement of the first anthropologically modern humans from Africa to populate the world, [6] before finds of a yet earlier date (50,000 years) had been found at Misliya ...
Al Fahidi Fort in Dubai in the late 1950s, built in 1787 Al Fahidi Fort today. Al Fahidi Fort is the oldest existing building in Dubai.. The Umayyads introduced Islam to the area in the 7th century [13] and sparked the vitalization of the area, opening up trade routes supported by fishing and pearl diving to eastern regions such as modern-day Pakistan and India, with reports of ships ...
History. Deira is one of the oldest and most established areas of Dubai. Its origin dates back to the mid-1700s, it developed along the canal called Dubai Creek, this salt-water canal separates Deira from Bur Dubai. The canal enabled the area to develop its importance. It facilitated the sea trade, which is still operational today.
The United Arab Emirates[ c ] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [ d ] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. [ 14 ] It shares land borders with Oman to the east and northwest, and with Saudi Arabia to ...
Flag of the United Arab Emirates [3] 2 Anthem: National anthem of the United Arab Emirates: 3 Emblem: Emblem of the United Arab Emirates [3] 4 Bird: Falcon [3] 5 Animal: Arabian oryx [3] 6 Tree: Ghaf [3]
The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and West Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is at a strategic location along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. [2] The UAE lies between 22°50′ and 26° north latitude and ...
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The city has a population of around 3.6 million (as of 2022), [ 10 ] more than 90% of which are expatriates .