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Transformation of GCC States

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What tends to obscure the rapid transformation experienced by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states?

The image of oil-fueled prosperity

According to Kuwaiti historian Muhammad Rumaihi, what is the essence of the Gulf?

Its people and its land

What exception exists in the Middle East in terms of governance?

The persistence of monarchy

What is highlighted as often being lost in discussions of the Gulf region?

The people themselves and the changes they have undergone Signup and view all the answers

What phase does the author refer to oil as in the history of the Gulf region?

A historical phase Signup and view all the answers

What must all the regional states in the Gulf Cooperation Council prepare for?

A post-oil era Signup and view all the answers

What were the main ethnicities that composed the social mix in the Gulf ports?

Arabs, Persians, Indians, Baluch, Africans Signup and view all the answers

What was the main local source of wealth in the Gulf before oil revenues?

Pearls Signup and view all the answers

How did the onset of oil revenues in the twentieth century affect the style of rule in the Gulf?

Led to a less consultative and more autocratic style of rule Signup and view all the answers

What contributed to the shattered historic unity of the Gulf characterized by ease of movement?

Onset of oil revenues and British protection Signup and view all the answers

What new nationalisms and identities arose on the Arabian side in the twentieth century?

Najdi or Bedouin heritage of the rulers Signup and view all the answers

What has contributed to the highly politicized situation in the present-day Gulf?

States seeking to rewrite history, manipulate sectarian tensions, and create new identities Signup and view all the answers