• Umm Al Nar (Arabic: أُمّ الـنَّـار, romanized: Umm an-Nār or Umm al-Nar, lit. 'Mother of the Fire') is a Bronze Age culture that existed around 2600-2000...
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    Umm Al Nar culture. Although archaeologists have traditionally tended to view the differences in human settlements and burials between the Umm Al Nar...
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  • Dubai Umm al-Nar Culture, of 2600-2000 BC Umm al-Quwain, one of the seven emirates `Arqub Umm Kubayr, a village Bayt Umm Jalli, a village Jawf Umm Maqbabah...
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    Hafit period from 3,200 to 2,600 BCE, the Umm Al Nar culture from 2,600 to 2,000 BCE, and the Wadi Suq culture from 2,000 to 1,300 BCE. From 1,200 BCE to...
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    Fujairah) and Ghafiri (Umm Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederations prior to 1820 Flag of the Al Qawasim (Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah) prior to 1820...
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  • period Prehistory Glacial period Hafit period Bronze Age Umm Al Nar culture Wadi Suq culture Iron Age Mleiha Post-Islamic Era Battle of Dibba Trucial...
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  • Nasr pottery, from 3,200 to 2,600 BCE; the Umm Al Nar period from 2,600 to 2,000 BCE; the Wadi Suq culture from 2,000 to 1,300 BCE and the three Iron...
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    periods, including remnants of the Umm Al Nar Culture (3rd millennium BC). The area of Shimal contains both Umm Al Nar and Wadi Suq burials and a number...
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    sheikhdoms—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah—formed the United Arab Emirates; the seventh, Ras Al Khaimah, joined on 10 February 1972...
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  • extensive indications of much earlier settlement, dating back to the Umm Al Nar period, including a 3rd millennium monumental fortification. Tell Abraq...
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  • period and of human occupation in the Rub' al Khali during the Umm Al Nar period. Archaeologists believe Al-Ashoosh was a seasonal settlement occupied...
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    movement between the emirates. ISO 3166-2:AE "United Arab Emirates | History, Culture, Population, Map, & Capital". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 August...
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  • Shimal (category Populated places in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah)
    site dating back to the Umm Al Nar culture (2600–2000 BC). Tombs excavated and surveyed at Shimal include both the round Umm Al Nar type and the barrow tombs...
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    the sheikhdoms of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Kalba, Umm Al Quwain, Fujairah, and Ras Al Khaimah. Enslaved individuals, primarily sourced from the...
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  • Al Nahyan and Al Maktoum ruling families adhere to the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Many followers of the Hanbali school are found in Sharjah, Umm...
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    land of Magan (Sumerian 𒈣𒃶 Magan, Akkadian Makkan) are made during the Umm al-Nar period (2600–2000 BCE), as well as references to 'the Lords of Magan'...
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    areas on the main island of Bahrain dating back to the Dilmun and the Umm al-Nar culture. Bahrain has been known since ancient times as an island with a very...
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    been preserved alongside finds of later cultures, including tombs and other finds from the Hafit, Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq, Iron Age, Hellenistic and Islamic...
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  • Mohammed Al Gergawi – Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates Noura Al Kaabi – Minister of Culture and Knowledge...
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    al-Khaimah and one in Umm al-Qaiwain. Others are spread throughout the desert areas. A lot of holidays in the UAE include Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the...
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    period Prehistory Glacial period Hafit period Bronze Age Umm Al Nar culture Wadi Suq culture Iron Age Mleiha Post-Islamic Era Battle of Dibba Trucial...
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    cultures from 5000 to 3100 BCE; the Hafit period with its distinctive beehive shaped tombs and Jemdet Nasr pottery, from 3200 to 2600 BCE; the Umm Al-Nar...
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    The Emirate of Umm Al Quwain (UAQ; Arabic: أم القيوين; pronounced [ʔumː alqejˈwejn]) is one of the seven constituent emirates of the United Arab Emirates...
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    Bint Saud Hili Archaeological Park Rumailah, UAE Al-Buraimi Hafit period Jabal Hafit Umm al-Nar culture Christopher P. Thornton; Charlotte M. Cable; Gregory...
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    Ajman Umm Al Quwain (coat of arms) Umm Al Quwain (logo) Fujairah Fujairah (old) Ras al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (old) Abu Dhabi Dubai Ajman Umm Al Quwain...
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    also the commander-in-chief of the UAE Armed Forces. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was widely credited with unifying the seven emirates into one federal...
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    his neighbors can best be seen[opinion] in his position regarding the "Umm al Zamul" dispute (1964), when he expressed a genuine wish that his brother...
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    period Prehistory Glacial period Hafit period Bronze Age Umm Al Nar culture Wadi Suq culture Iron Age Mleiha Post-Islamic Era Battle of Dibba Trucial...
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    المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, romanized: Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa li-Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah) are the armed forces of the United...
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  • Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. According to convention, the ruler of Abu Dhabi (Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan) is the president...
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