What massive civic undertaking was accomplished in just two months in the summer of 1920 by the citizens of Kuwait City immediately following the Battle of Jahra?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A. The construction of the Third Defensive Wall (Al-Soor Al-Thalith) around Kuwait City

  1. Step 1: Following the crisis of the Battle of Jahra in 1920, Sheikh Salem Al-Mubarak called upon the people of Kuwait to fortify the city.
  2. Step 2: In an extraordinary mobilization of national solidarity, thousands of citizens worked around the clock in extreme summer heat to erect the Third Wall (Al-Soor Al-Thalith).
  3. Step 3: The wall stretched 8 kilometers from coast to coast with 26 watchtowers and five fortified gates, completed in roughly two months.
Answer
The Third Defensive Wall (Al-Soor Al-Thalith) around Kuwait City.
Why not the others: 'Dredging navigation channels' was a late-20th-century project; 'Sheikh Jaber Causeway' was constructed between 2013 and 2019; 'Kuwait University' was established in 1966.

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