A brief outline of the history of your holiday region

Already in the 4th century BC Chr. the region was mentioned for the first time. A commander of Alexander the Great is said to have scouted out the Gulf region and the first settlements are said to have emerged.

From the time approx. 2.000 BC Chr. the imposing circular tombs on the island of Umm al-Nar come from. Further excavations in the country indicate that cultures that traded with the then known great empires of the Middle and Far East already predominated. For example, gold jewelry from the time around 1.500 BC Chr. found.

Around 570 AD the Prophet Mohammed is born and already in the year 635 After the Battle of Dibba, the Arabian Peninsula was completely Islamized.

In the 13th century Muscat (Oman) develops into a trading center on the Arabian Gulf.

In the 15th century With the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama, Europe also entered the region. Arabs, Persians and Indians followed and settled down as merchants.

1761 The Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi is established.

In the 18th century piracy is common on the north coast. The piracy by local and European pirates 1820 ended by treaties between the Arab sheikdoms and the English. In the year 1833 is founded by the settlement of the creek Dubai.

1853 the area was placed under British suzerainty under the name Pacific Oman.

1892 the sheikhdoms undertook to recognize Great Britain as a protecting power, and 1902 they then became a British protectorate.

Already 1966 the first successful oil discoveries were made off the coast.

1968 Great Britain announces its withdrawal from the Gulf region.

1971 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are initially founded by six participants, whose President was the ruler of the Abu Dhabi Sheikdom, Said Ibn Sultan al-Nahajan.

1972 Then the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah joins the UAE.