Saudi Arabia

By bam4621
  • Jan 1, 610

    The Birth of Islam

    Around the year 610, Muhammad received a message from God (in Arabic, Allah) through the Angel Gabriel.
    In 622, learning of an assassination plot against him, the Prophet led his followers to the town of Yathrib, which was later named Madinat Al-Nabi (City of the Prophet) and now known simply as Madinah. This was the Hijrah, or mig

  • Abd-al-Aziz is proclaimed King

    Abd-al-Aziz is proclaimed King of the Hijaz in the Grand Mosque of Mecca.

  • Saudi Arabia was founded

    Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 with the union of the kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd.

  • Oil is discovered

    Oil is discovered and production begins under the US controlled ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company).

  • Saudi Arabia is a founding member of OPEC

    Saudi Arabia is a founding member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

  • The OIC is founded in Saudi Arabia

    The OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) is founded in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

  • Saudi Arabia takes full control of ARAMCO from the US

    Saudi Arabia takes full control of ARAMCO from the US

  • Saudi Arabia is involved in both air attacks on Iraq and in the land force that went on to liberate Kuwait

    Saudi Arabia is involved in both air attacks on Iraq and in the land force that went on to liberate Kuwait

  • Involved in both air attacks

    Saudi Arabia is involved in both air attacks on Iraq. And in the land force that went on to liberate Kuwait.

  • Usamah Bin-laden stripped of his Saudi Nationality

    Islamic dissident Usamah Bin-Ladin is stripped of his Saudi nationality.